D.
Andrew Kille
Andrew Kille began as Editor of The Bible Workbench in 2008. Andrew graduated from Stanford University (A.B., English Literature) and the American Baptist Seminary of the West (M.Div) before earning his Ph.D. from the Graduate
Theological Union in Berkeley in psychology and biblical
studies. He has become one of the leaders in the field
of psychological biblical criticism.
 Ordained in the
American Baptist tradition, Andrew has been a pastor, teacher,
liturgical musician and retreat leader. He has taught
spirituality, psychology and the Bible for many years.
He currently works at building interfaith relations in San Jose, California. Author of Psychological
Biblical Criticism, co-editor with Wayne G. Rollins of Psychological Insight into the Bible, and writer of many articles on psychology and the
Bible, he has led a Bible Workbench group in San Jose.
Andrew comes to The Bible Workbench by way of experience with seminars offered by the Guild for Psychological Studies and by Walter Wink, Jerry Drino, and Bill Dols. He has served on the Board for Four Springs Seminars, and is currently President. He and his wife Pamela, a clinical psychologist, live in San Jose.
Founding Editor,
Bill Dols:
Bill Dols created the Bible Workbench in 1993 while serving as Executive Director of the Educational Center. He edited it for the first 15 years, and is still a contributor.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland,
Bill graduated from Washington & Lee
University, received a Master of Divinity Degree from Virginia
Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia and was awarded a PhD in the areas
of biblical studies and psychology by the Graduate Theological
Union and the University of California in Berkeley.
 Bill served
Episcopal congregations for over twenty-five years in Maryland,
Virginia and North Carolina. A Fellow of the College of Preachers
of the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, he has been a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Seminary. He has served
as Minister of Education at the Myers Park Baptist
Church, a progressive Baptist congregation in Charlotte,
North Carolina, and previously as Executive Director
of The Educational Center in St. Louis. He
and his wife Shirley now live in Alexandria, Virginia.
Bill is the author of two books
of sermons, the most recent of which is Just
Because It Didn't Happen: Sermons and Prayers as Story. As
an aid to leaders using this method of biblical education he has
written Awakening the Fire Within: A Primer for Issue-Centered
Education, available from the Educational Center or through
the Bible
Workbench online store. Together with Caren Goldman, Senior
Editor, he has published Finding
Jesus: Discovering Self.
Associate Editors:
Kathie Collins
Kathie began participating in Bible Workbench groups under the leadership
of Bill Dols at the Myers Park Baptist Church in 1995. Since then, she has led
groups in a variety of settings in and out of church, and written several Sundays.
Kathie is a yoga instructor who finds that her work with this Eastern Practice
informs and inspires her relationship with the Bible. A graduate of UNC-Chapel
Hill, she is currently pursuing mythological studies at the Pacifica Graduate Institute in California. Kathie lives in Charlotte, NC, with her husband and their five children.
Caren Goldman
Caren is an award-winning writer, editor, communications and conflict resolution consultant and seminar leader. She and her husband Ted Voorhees are co-directors of the Berkana Center for Psychospiritual and Mythological Studies. She is the author of
Finding
Jesus: Discovering Self (with Bill Dols), and Across the Threshold, into the Questions (will Ted Voorhees).
Beth Harrison
Beth Harrison has built the religion and philosophy program
at Northern Virginia Community College, and taught there for more
than thirty years. She is a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary,
is a leader for the Guild for Psychological Studies, and has led
retreats in North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania and California.
Caroline Penniman Wohlforth
Caroline Wohlforth, an artist, is a long-time friend and associate
of the Educational Center. Caroline leads Bible Workbench sessions
in Anchorage, Alaska, where she lives with her husband Eric,
the current treasurer of the Educational Center Board. Caroline
is a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church where she led Lifetext
classes since the beginning of that program and now leads Bible
Workbench sessions. She has attended workshops around the country
and helped others understand and use the Educational Center method.
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