Jean McCurdy MeadeThe Rev. Dr. Jean McCurdy Meade is an Episcopal priest, now retired after serving as the Rector of Mount Olivet Episcopal Church in New Orleans for 13 years and, before that, as Lay Chaplain of St Andrew's Episcopal School for 19 years.She holds a Ph in Philosophy from Tulane University as well as degrees from Notre Dame Catholic Seminary, Duke University, and Agnes Scott College and has taught in high school, college, and seminary as well as on television for many years. The mother of four, and grandmother of ten, she is a pianist, former organist and choir member, a senior Chaplain in the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, and is a contributor to the Covenant blog and daily devotionals of The Living Church.She lives with her husband, Rick Thomson, in New Orleans, her hometown of San Antonio, and Santa Fe, N.M..Illustrator Barbara Hostermen Clark, now deceased, was a locally well known artist and Elder in the First Presbyterian Church. Read More Read Less