• Editor, Andrew Kille
• Founding Editor, Bill Dols
• Transitional Editors
• Associate Editors

D. Andrew Kille
Beginning with issue 15.5, Andrew Kille will take over as Editor of The Bible Workbench. 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 leads 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 has written and edited the Bible Workbench for fifteen years. 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 just published Finding Jesus: Discovering Self.

With volume 15, Bill Dols will retire from the position of Editor of The Bible Workbench. Although he will continue to write, three of the Associate Editors will be overseeing the first few issues of volume 15. With the mid-Pentecost 2008 issue (15.5), D. Andrew Kille will become Editor.

Transitional Editors:

Three associate editors will be responsible for the transitional issues of Bible Workbench as Bill Dols retires:

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, Kathie lives in Charlotte with her husband and their five children.

Beth Harrison
Beth 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.

D. Andrew Kille

Associate Editors:

Francine Bray
Francine Bray is a graduate of the Divinity School of Duke University. A participant and leader in Bible Workbench groups, she finds Bible Workbench to be a powerful instrument for inner work and religious discovery. She mentors an Education for Ministry group, a four-year extension program of the School of Theology of the University of the South. She has studied at the C.G. Jung Inter-Regional in Philadelphia , the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich and currently is a PhD candidate in Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. Francine currently resides in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

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, Kathie lives in Charlotte with her husband and their five children.

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.

Edwin "Ted" Voorhees
Ted Voorhees is Priest-in-Charge at St. John's Episcopal Church in Northampton, MA, and former rector of St. Mark's in Toledo, OH. In addition to his parish work, he is a consultant in parish redevelopment and conflict resolution and a facilitator of experiential educational events and retreats. With his wife, Caren Goldman, and Bill Dols, he is a longtime leader of "Life Outside the Box: Living the Questions of Jesus."

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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