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Andrea Palpant Dilley

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Andrea Palpant Dilley is a senior acquisitions editor at HarperCollins Christian Publishing as well as a writer. Previously she was the online managing editor for Christianity Today. Her writing has appeared in Books and Culture, Rock and Sling, Geez Magazine, Utne Reader and Christianity Today. She grew up in Kenya as the daughter of Quaker missionaries and spent the rest of her childhood in the Pacific Northwest. She is the author of Faith and Other Flat Tires: Searching for God on the Rough Road of Doubt and a contributor to the anthology Jesus Girls: True Tales of Growing Up Female and Evangelical. She lives with her husband and four children in the Chicago area.

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The Art & Science of Vocational Discernment Course from FTE

This five-week course from The Forum For Theological Exploration is designed for ministry leaders who accompany young adults in exploring meaning and purpose. With this course, you will learn a framework that is adaptable, simple and deep to accompany young adults in hearing God's voice in how they can contribute to the world in powerful, meaningful ways. Enroll by April 12, 2026.

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