ABOUT

Wonderer. Wanderer. Storyteller. Playful and prayerful. Zine maker.

Christine Havens is a widely-published writer who works in a variety of genres: poetry, theological reflections, Bible studies, book reviews, feature articles, and more. She is a licensed lay preacher and lay worship leader in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, and works as Communications Director at St. Michael’s in the Westlake area of Austin.

She is a frequent contributor to The Living Church magazine, writing feature articles and book reviews: Recent articles include “I’ve Heard There Was a Secret Chord,” “Trinity on the Hill Serves Post-Oppenheimer Los Alamos,” and “The Remains of St. Nicholas’ Day,” a review of M. T. Anderson’s novel, Nicked. One of her articles was in included The Living Church’s anthology, In Search of Growth, published in 2024. Other recent essays, including “Holy Foolishness: A Manifesto,” can be found on Mockingbird’s blog, mbird.com.

Christine has also written for The Episcopal Journal, the Sermons That Work Bible Study series, and was a regular contributor to Forward Movement’s Daily Devo family email series for over five years.

Her poetry has been published on the University of Iowa’s Daily Palette, in the Anglican Theological Review‘s Summer 2016 issue (“Fig’s Lesson”), and in Soul by Southwest, the literary journal of the Seminary of the Southwest.

An MA in English, with a focus in medieval literature, from the University of Northern Iowa, and an MA in Religion with a Theology concentration from the Seminary of the Southwest ground Christine in her passion for literature and spirituality, vocation, Christian spiritual care, and a penchant for connecting people to God.

Currently residing in Austin, TX, Christine is originally from Iowa.