Amanda Svejda grew up in North Carolina and now lives in Evanston, Illinois with her husband Joey and her fur baby Kona. She studied journalism in college and earned her Master of Divinity degree from Northern Seminary in 2007.

She believes in the power of God’s love to transform, the inherent dignity of every person (as God’s image bearer), and the call for every Christ follower to love God wholeheartedly, share the Good News, and love our neighbor as ourself in compassion, mercy, service, and justice.