The Rev. Dr. Alice G. Knotts, a scholar, teacher, minister and United Methodist historian, lives in San Diego and enjoys research and writing. She loves to tell stories from social history out of a deep passion to encourage spiritual growth, the formation and application of positive moral and ethical values, and the pursuit of justice and respect for persons and the environment. She lives in the tension between finding lessons for the future in the past and exploring new avenues for making a better world today.