Rosemarie KohnROSEMARIE KOHN is bishop of the Diocese of Hamar in Norway. She was the first woman to become a bishop in Scandinavia. Born in 1939 in Rathenow near Berlin, Germany, she graduated in theology from Oslo University in 1966. She went on to teach Old Tesament theology, Hebrew, and Biblical exegesis as a member of the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of History & Philosophy at the University of Oslo. She taught ethics at the Institute of Nursing from 1980 to 1985. From 1989 to 1993 she was principal of the School of Pastoral Practices in Oslo. She was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1969 and elected to become a bishop in 1993. Books in Norwegian by Rosemarie Kohn include Hebrew Grammar (1971), The Role of the Parish Pastor (1989), Tree of Hope (2002), and she is a contributor in Rainbowbridge (1986). SUSANNE SONDERBO is a specialist in spiritual care at the Hamar Hospital, Norway. She was born in Copenhagen 1953 and graduated in psychology from the University of Copenhagen in 1982. For five years she was the director of the Center for Immigrant Women in Copenhagen; she became certified as a retreat leader and as a grief and crisis therapist. She taught and worked in various institutional settings and in 1997 she got a degree in theology from the University of Copenhagen. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1998, she worked in Denmark and Norway. Currently she is a sought-after speaker and retreat leader and manages this along with her job as a hospital chaplain in Hamar. She has written books in Danish about the joy of living and the pain of the soul: Joy Is Yellow and Dolphins Are Blue (1996), Embracing Life in the middle of Life (1993), Transition and Transformation (2003). Read More Read Less