Susan Cartmell has led churches for forty years. Author of UnCommon Preaching: An Alternative to the Lectionary, she was among the first women to lead a multi-staff church. Learn more at her website www.susancartmell.com. Peggy O'Connor has served as an interim pastor in Massachusetts and as a spiritual director in Lowell and Boston. Now she is a chaplain administrator for the Chautauqua UCC Society in New York. She is also a psychotherapist.
"""The COVID-19 pandemic was a disruptor of biblical proportions. It swept into our world upending everything, taking lives, raising questions, and exposing disparities. As a pastor at the time, I knew I was in the fog of war. I couldn't see the way ahead. Now, with the fog cleared and having consulted an array of leaders, the authors of The Perpetual Pivot provide a helpful, sometimes heartbreaking, but ultimately encouraging retrospective, documenting the ways pastors faced catastrophes."" --Nancy S. Taylor, senior minister emeritus, Old South Church in Boston ""I am grateful to Susan and Peggy for this well-researched, deeply insightful exploration of congregational life in a pandemic-informed world. We will spend a full generation trying to unfold the impact of what happened to the church and its leaders. This book is a significant first step in that direction, and I highly recommend it for all who want to explore pathways to discerning a future vitality for a life in faith beyond the experience of COVID-19."" --John Dorhaur, pastor, First Congregational United Church of Christ DeKalb, Illinois"