Friday, September 4, 2015

Keynoter: Mia Crosthwaite

Mia Crosthwaite has been speaking, writing and teaching about living a life modeled on Christ for almost twenty years.  She wrote, Go and Do Likewise, Catholic Social Teaching in Action, published by Twenty Third Publications and served many years in ministry in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise. She has spoken locally and nationally, including at the LA Religious Education Congress, National Catholic Catechetical Leaders conference, and the Diocese of Helena conference. She holds a Master in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University in New Orleans and is currently working on a Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.  She looks forward to entering candidacy this fall for ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Mia makes her home in Boise, Idaho with her husband, Brian.  Together they live the adventure of parenting nine children ages 4 to 24, including a sibling group adopted from foster care, and running a baby dairy farm.   She shares Christian community with Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Boise and directs the Idaho Discipleship Conference.

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