Staff
Leadership Council
Mitch Randall
Chief Executive Officer
Mitch is the chief executive officer of Good Faith Media. Before joining GFM, he was the executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics. In addition, he pastored churches in Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma for over 20 years, and he holds a Master’s of Divinity with Biblical Languages from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from George W. Truett Theological Seminary.
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Mitch is a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation with his ancestors reaching back to the McIntosh and Childers clans. He is married to Missy Randall and they reside in Norman, Oklahoma. They have two adult sons.
Email: mitch@goodfaithmedia.org
Social media: Facebook | Twitter
Craig Nash
Senior Editor
Craig Nash is the senior editor at GFM. He oversees all the daily news and opinion content and the publication of Good Faith Magazine. He previously was the media and communications director for the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty and has experience in ministry, retail book management, and student life.
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Craig holds degrees from East Texas Baptist University and Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. He lives in Waco, Texas.
Email:craig@goodfaithmedia.org
Starlette Thomas
Associate Editor
Starlette is director of the Raceless Gospel Initiative, associate editor, the host of the Good Faith Media podcast “The Raceless Gospel,” and a member of the the Good Faith Media strategic advisory board.
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An ordained Baptist minister, Thomas has served previously in both local churches and denominational entities.
Email: starlette@goodfaithmedia.org
Social Media: Twitter
Cliff Vaughn
Media Producer
Cliff is the media producer at GFM, where he has worked since 2000 making videos, feature and short documentaries, and podcasts.
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Cliff holds a BA from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, an MA from Auburn University and a PhD from Bowling Green State University. He and his partner, Mary, live in Nashville, Tennessee, and have two adult children.
Email: cliff@goodfaithmedia.org
Staff
Missy Randall
Program Coordinator and Co-host of Good Faith Weekly
Missy serves as the Program Coordinator for GFM, though she prefers the title of Cruise Director (*cue Love Boat theme).
More About Missy
When she is not busy working behind the scenes to help bring GFM experiences and projects to life, she enjoys basking in the glory of having raised two (mostly) delightful, well adjusted humans, baking, traveling, and lazy evenings by the pool.
Email: missy@goodfaithmedia.org
Stephanie Brueggeman
Data & Sales Manager
Stephanie serves as our Data & Sales Manager. She handles all things regarding our Magazine subscriptions, donations and data management.
More About Stephanie
Her background in Project Management, Research,Training, Compliance and CRM have made her an asset to GFM. In her free time Stephanie enjoys photography, listening to music, going on dates with her husband and binge watching tv shows. Stephanie currently resides in Texas with her husband, 2 children and their dog Luna.
Email: stephanie@goodfaithmedia.org
Subscriptions: subscriptions@goodfaithmedia.org
Cally Chisholm
Creative Coordinator for Publishing & Marketing
Cally is our creative coordinator for publishing and marketing at GFM. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications from Missouri Southern State University and her Associate of Arts degree from Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield, Missouri.
More About Cally
Cally was an Ernest C. Hynds Jr. intern with GFM for the summer of 2021.
Email: cally@goodfaithmedia.org
Roderious Phillips
Associate Media Producer
Roderious Phillips is the Associate Media Producer for GFM. He is a native of Shaw MS. He graduated from Mercer University with a Bachelors in Journalism and a Minor in Media Studies.
More About Roderious
He loves filmmaking, photography and spending time with his dog Lailah.
Email: rod@goodfaithmedia.org
Kali Cawthon-Freels
Contributing Correspondent and faithful pride consultant
A bivocational pastor, writer and spiritual director based in Williamsburg, Virginia, she currently works as a Spiritual Director at Reclamation Theology. Cawthon-Freels is the author of Reclamation: A Queer Pastor’s Guide to Finding Spiritual Growth in the Passages Used to Harm Us (Nurturing Faith Books), and a contributing correspondent at Good Faith Media.
More About Kali
She is the author of Reclamation: A Queer Pastor’s Guide to Finding Spiritual Growth in the Passages Used to Harm Us (Nurturing Faith Books), and a contributing correspondent at Good Faith Media.
Contributing Correspondents
Randall Balmer
Randall is an Episcopal priest who is the John Phillips Professor in Religion at Dartmouth College.
More About Randall
He is the author of more than a dozen books, and his commentaries appear in newspapers across the country.
Email: Randall.Balmer@Dartmouth.edu
Justin Cox
Justin Cox received his theological education from Campbell University, Wake Forest University School of Divinity, and McAfee School of Theology where he earned his Doctor of Ministry. He is an ordained minister holding standing in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and American Baptist Churches USA.
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When not spending time with his spouse and daughters, he can be found writing and baking late into the night. His thoughts and reflections are his own.
Miguel De La Torre
Miguel is professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, and a contributing correspondent at Good Faith Media.
Email: mdelatorre@iliff.edu
Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Grace Ji-Sun Kim (Ph.D. University of St. Michael’s College) was born in Korea, educated in Canada and now teaches in the USA as Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana.
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Kerri Fisher
Kerri Fisher is the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and a Clinical Associate Professor at the Garland School of Social Work at Baylor University.
More About Kerri
Fisher writes creative nonfiction that explores identity, particularly as it is shaped by race, religion and gender. Her work has been recognized by the Writer’s League of Texas, the Collegeville Institute, and The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. She has also been published in Apricity magazine and The Mockingheart Review.
Fisher said she is “thrilled to be joining Good Faith Media as a contributing correspondent because of its commitment to justice and its practice of seeing the sacred in the so-called ‘secular.’” She added, “I look forward to writing more about current art and culture, which has always been a dream of mine!”
You can follow Fisher here and read more from her at her website, “Black. White. Other.”
Rebecca David Hensley
Rebecca David Hensley is a researcher, pastor, and adjunct faculty member at Iliff School of Theology. Her research and writing focus on identifying and resisting the ways White+Christian dominance asserts itself in and through justice-seeking White Christians on our journey toward solidarity and allyship with marginalized communities.
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She enjoys introducing people to new ways of understanding systems of domination and oppression and imagining new ways to infuse liberative theologies and praxis into their living and leadership within their religious institutions, non-profit organizations and local communities.
Hensley has lived in Texas and Oklahoma. She is currently a resident of Colorado and enjoys “communing with Creation on these sacred ancestral lands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute, and several other Indigenous peoples.” She and her spouse attempt to “enroot a love and respect for nature” in their two-year-old, who expresses her appreciation in her own words: “Go, go, Mountains!”
Hensley says, “I am excited about becoming a contributing correspondent for Good Faith Media and joining the chorus of prophetic voices boldly proclaiming the justice-centered heart of the Christian faith while challenging dominant narratives of White Christian Nationalism in our nation and world–for such a time as this.”
Michelle Wahila
Rev. Michelle Wahila is an ordained pastor (Presbyterian Church USA), founder of Ruffled by Grace, and a sought-after officiant and retreat leader. She creates heartfelt celebrations and sacred experiences that blend tradition with imagination.
More About Michelle
Though her vocational journey has taken her outside the walls of the institutional church, she has embraced writing as a way to tell stories of faith, love, and abundance, just as she did in the pulpit. Wahila’s writing blurs the lines between tradition and creativity in narrative, liturgy, prayer and blessing.
Wahila says, “The holy act of writing deepens my faith in ways I never imagined. I am delighted to have the opportunity to write for Good Faith Media, and I look forward to offering reflections that blend faith and imagination.”
Wahila lives in a 19th-century farmhouse in rural France with her family and a menagerie of pets. In addition to writing, she enjoys gardening, making jam and savoring a good cup of coffee.
Interns
Luke Emerson
Luke Emerson is a junior at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky studying business and education. He is excited to serve as Good Faith Media’s fall 2025 intern. Luke is a member of the varsity swim team at Centre and enjoys spending time with his parents, brothers, and friends.
Hayoung Park
Hayoung is a graduate student in the Master of Theological Studies / Master of Social Work dual degree at Baylor University. She was born in South Korea and grew up in Texas. She is passionate about working with marginalized communities and advocating for justice in faith communities. In her free time, she can be found hosting dinners for friends, running at the park, or reading Mary Oliver poems.