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Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director and author of many books. She directs The Geranium Farm, an institute for spiritual growth which publishes her celebrated "Almost Daily eMo," read by thousands of people worldwide. She was rector of St. Clement's Church in Manhattan's Theatre district. She was also a chaplain on the waterfront of New York, and served both historic Trinity Church, Wall Street and St. John's Church in Greenwich Village. She was a chaplain at Ground Zero during the recovery effort after the WTC bombing. Most recently, she was interim rector of St. James, the American church in Florence, Italy.
An actress, director and producer, she has worked for many years in combining the lively arts and the life of faith. Her books, articles, and radio scripts have won many awards, including numerous Polly Bond Awards from Episcopal Communicators and the coveted Gabriel Award for religious broadcasting. She is seen frequently on television both as a preacher and as a commentator on Hallmark's "New Morning" and "America at Worship," and has been profiled extensively in electronic and print media throughout the world.
Barbara Crafton is married to Richard Quaintance, sometimes better known simply as "Q", a professor of English literature. She is a grandmother.
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To view photos from moments of Barbara's life in the past 25 years
check out the post here on Debbie's Hodgepodge
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Email Barbara at bccrafton@geraniumfarm.org
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K.L. Joanna "DJ" Depue is an Episcopal deacon and writer of "More or Less Church" on the Farm. On MOLC "DJ" alerts readers of spiritual blogs of note, resources for music, liturgies, and sermons. as well as writing original music, prayers and meditations for Sundays and Feast Days. Deacon Joanna also records Barbara's eMo's on Audio eMos from The Geranium Farm and maintains Farm e-mail listings. In the Diocese of New York she works with the Canon for Education on retreats and the Acolyte Festival. She was a chaplain at Ground Zero during the recovery effort after the WTC bombing.
Before her training for the diaconate, Joanna worked in stand-up comedy, community and regional theatre productions as an actress and musical director. She has held different "worldly" jobs, including working for a company that publishes a law directory, Prentice-Hall publishing catalogue department, dog sitting and training, massage therapy and, for over 27 years worked with participants and retirees in the pension department of the United Nations. During her tenure there the Secretary-General appointed her to the Panel on Discrimination and Other Grievances.
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Joanna lives in Orangeburg, NY in a small home with her beloved therapy-dog-in-training,
Miss Emmy Lou (a.k.a. The EpiscoPup, The Divine Miss Em)
Email Joanna at deaconj@geraniumfarm.org
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Debbie Sharp Loeb is a teacher by training in Reading, Elementary and Special Education. Her teaching career specialized in remedial reading before becoming a full-time mom to her special needs son, David. As a craftsperson, bead artist, quilter, great cook, creative homemaker, terrific spotter of cool new products and ideas, she has created Hodgepodge where you will find: recipes, household hints, stories about children, friends and relatives along with other cool stuff, interesting websites, and much more. At Hodgepodge you'll find a friendly place where readers can share and exchange ideas, not unlike hanging out after church at a Sunday morning coffee hour.
She thought up the idea of "Pennies from Heaven" for the Geranium Farm as a fun and easy way in which children can raise money for Episcopal Relief and Development. Recently, she co-chaired a recipe book for her parish and someday would love to publish her own book from some of the ideas that have appeared in Hodgepodge.
Debbie lives in central NJ with her husband, Paul, her two sons, David & Brian, and Maggie, their ever comical Westie.
Email Debbie at debbie@geraniumfarm.org
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