MaryAnn McKibben Dana

The Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana is pastor of Idylwood Presbyterian Church, a small and growing congregation in Falls Church, VA. She is a writer of numerous articles and essays, and the author of Sabbath in the Suburbs: A Family’s Experiment with Holy Time through Chalice Press. The book has been featured on PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and in Publishers Weekly, and was named a “must read for 2013” by Ministry Matters.

She is a frequent speaker and workshop leader around issues of spiritual formation, church leadership, and congregational transformation. She is also co-chair of NEXT Church (nextchurch.net), a movement that seeks to call forth and nurture vibrant and creative ministry in the PC(USA).

She is a proud native Texan and graduate of Rice University in Houston. She received her M.Div. in 2003 from Columbia Theological Seminary, where she received the top awards for preaching and academics. She is married to Robert Dana and has three children, Caroline, 10; Margaret, 7; and James, 5. Connect with her at her blog, The Blue Room. ( theblueroomblog.org )