Miriam Rockness and Mimi Dixon — Discovering Lilias Trotter

Miriam (Mimi) Dixon began her ministry in 1979 serving as an associate pastor at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Washington. From April of 1985 to May of 2019 she served as senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Golden, Colorado. She earned both her MDiv and DMin degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary. Mimi is on the Renovaré Board of Directors and teaches for the Renovaré Institute. She is faculty for Next Frontiers, a ministry to pastors in transition, and actively promotes Christian Spiritual Formation, crediting Richard Foster and Dallas Willard for their influence in her life and ministry. Mimi has authored Worth Celebrating: a biography of Richard J Foster's Celebration of Discipline, available through Barclay Press.

Miriam Huffman Rockness is a graduate of Wheaton College. She lived in Lake Wales, Florida where her husband, Dave Rockness, pastored the First Presbyterian Church for thirty-seven years and they raised their three children. Her love for Scripture and devotion to family informed her role in ministry: teaching community Bible studies and Family Living Seminars as well as writing a trilogy on home and family. Her admiration for the almost forgotten, Lilias Trotter, fueled her research for a biography, A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter, the companion book, A Blossom in the Desert: Reflections of Faith in the Art and Writings of Lilias Trotter and Images of Faith: Reflections Inspired by Lilias Trotter. She now lives in Mr. Dora, Florida where—with the support and partnership of the Lilias Trotter Legacy Board (committed in the mission “to let Lilias continue to speak”) —she is devoted to presenting the life and legacy of Lilias Trotter through film (Many Beautiful Things), Lilias-related publications, and social media.

Nathan Foster is an author and host of Life With God, a Renovaré Podcast. Formerly, he was an Associate Professor of social work and served as the Andrews Chair in Spiritual Formation at Spring Arbor University. He was also a licensed clinical social worker and certified addictions counselor. Nathan has published two books, including The Making of an Ordinary Saint: My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines.