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Dr. Holt-Woehl is an Adjunct Professor at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN, since 2008, teaching the course, &#8220;Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families,&#8221; and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology at St John&#8217;s School of Theology and Seminary, Collegeville, MN, since 2021. She also serves a lecturer in Pastoral Care and Mental Health at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Umphumulo, South Africa.<\/p>\n<h2>Select Publications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;They Don\u2019t Come with Instructions: Cries, Wisdom, and Hope for Parenting Children with Developmental Challenges.&#8221; (2018) Minneapolis: Fortress Press.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAutism\u201d co-authored with Steven Thurber, in Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families, edited by Robert Albers, et. al. Second Edition. (2019) Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 157-174.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGod is Good\u201d (2017) Giving: Growing Joyful Stewards in Your Congregation. Ecumenical Stewardship Center. Volume 19.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCreation and A Theology of Humanness\u201d (2012) Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health, 16(2).<\/li>\n<li>Grief and Loss (six session curriculum for persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities) for the Cross Road Journey Curriculum (Course 3). (2011) Watertown, WI: Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pastoral Care<\/li>\n<li>Pastoral Theology<\/li>\n<li>Mental Health<\/li>\n<li>Congregation Care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rev. Hollie Holt-Woehl holds a Ph.D. in Pastoral Care and Counseling with particular emphasis on the congregation. Her dissertation, \u201cCongregations as Trinitarian Communities: Accepting, Welcoming, and Supporting People with Chronic Mental Illness,\u201d explores congregations who have welcomed people with mental illness into the life of the congregation. 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