Alex Joyner

Alex Joyner lives and works on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. He is the editor of Heartlands, a site exploring rural life and ministry: www.alexjoyner.com. As a pastor, teacher, and writer living in locales as diverse as Dallas, Texas and York, England, he brings a varied perspective to his work. Formerly a radio disc jockey and news director, Joyner has also spent time coaching basketball in the inner city, leading work teams in Mexico, helping college students discover their vocation, teaching theology and history at Southern Methodist University, and serving congregations in the United Methodist Church. For fun he kayaks the bayside and seaside waters of the Eastern Shore, a place he calls "the edge of the world and the verge of heaven."