Jan Berry

Jan Berry is a feminist theologian and writer, offering a ministry of spiritual accompaniment, and leading quiet days and retreats. She is a retired minister of the United Reformed Church, who was involved in theological education for 20 years at Luther King Centre in Manchester; and also served for three years as the half-time Director of the Centre for the Study of Theology and Health at Holy Rood House, Thirsk. She writes liturgies, poetry and hymns and has published a collection of her own hymns, prayers and poems in her book Naming God. Much of her writing has been included in various anthologies produced by the Iona Community. She is also one of the editors (along with Andrew Pratt) of Hymns of Hope and Healing (published by Stainer & Bell) which was the result of the Hymns for Healing Project at Holy Rood House.