Dr. James R. (Jim) Newby
Dr. James R. (Jim) Newby is the minister and public friend at Cincinnati Friends (Quaker) Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. Before coming to Cincinnati, Jim was the senior minister at the Church of the Savior in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; the minister of faith and learning at Wayzata Community Church in Wayzata, Minnesota; and the minister of spiritual growth at Plymouth Congregational Church in Des Moines, Iowa.
He has served as the executive director of the Yokefellow Institute at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and was on the faculty of the Earlham School of Religion. Jim holds degrees from Friends University, Earlham School of Religion, William Penn University, and Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author and editor of eleven books, including Gathering the Seekers (Alban Institute), Sacred Chaos: One Man’s Spiritual Journey through Pain and Loss (Continuum), and Reflections from the Inner Light: A Journal of Quaker Spirituality (Wipf and Stock).
Dr. Mark Minear
Dr. Mark Minear earned his PhD in counseling psychology from Ball State University in 1997. He returned to graduate school after twenty years in the pastoral ministry. Besides Ball State, he holds degrees from the Earlham School of Religion and William Penn University. He is currently a licensed psychologist in the state of Iowa and practices full-time, providing psychotherapy, assessment, consultation, and training.
Mark utilizes a multidimensional model of wellness in his therapeutic approach; this allows for his clients to work across physical, emotional, intellectual, vocational, social, environmental, and spiritual domains. He is on the team of counselors at the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center.