Dee Ann Miller

Dee Ann Miller doesn't just write about social problems . She also takes on issues of faith and faulty theology in hopes of evoking change, not just in religious communities, but far beyond. She introduces the power of song and even humor, with traces of faith journeys woven into her ever-evolving tapestries since first published in 1970. All of this, she's done while married to Ron Miller, currently a retired American Baptist minister, who has devoted his entire life and ministries to seeking...See more

Dee Ann Miller doesn't just write about social problems . She also takes on issues of faith and faulty theology in hopes of evoking change, not just in religious communities, but far beyond. She introduces the power of song and even humor, with traces of faith journeys woven into her ever-evolving tapestries since first published in 1970. All of this, she's done while married to Ron Miller, currently a retired American Baptist minister, who has devoted his entire life and ministries to seeking justice and advocating for the oppressed, same as Dee. Even in Ron's seminary days, the two began realizing how often the greatest resistance to change is found operating within organized religion. Nowhere was this more profoundly illustrated as when they stumbled onto problems they never knew existed until 1986: the profound secrecy, considered normal and even morally preferable by many in the faith community when facing abuse within its own ranks. By 1988, having lost all respect for the organization under which they were serving in Africa, they left treasured careers as missionaries, returning broken-hearted to the USA, yet determined to be a part of the solution also just being revealed in the Catholic Church. While Dee returned to psycho-social nursing to support the family, she also began writing intensely as both she and Ron soon entered formal studies to enhance their counseling skills--Ron in pastoral counseling and Dee to gain further credentials in mental health nursing. In 1993, with the release of How Little We Knew: Collusion and Confusion with Sexual Misconduct her rising voice soon blended with the growing outcry of those that could no longer be ignored. Since then, she's been privileged to witness amazing transformations as she's followed many of her readers over decades as their lives bear witness to the possibilities of change in spite of immense complicity they've experienced from organized religion. Now, as she enters the eighth decade of life, she's planning much more with presentations tailor-made for non-profits, multi-disciplinary groups, and advocates for multiple causes to whom she's ready to offer tips, insights, and encouragement on many fronts. She welcomes mail from either of her two websites http: //takecourage.org and http: //justfollowingorders.takecourage.org See less