Christine Deken has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the Ohio State University, a Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School and a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She is a member of Dwell Community Church, a ministry of XCF in Columbus, Ohio where she has taught a class on Not So Great Expectations for the last five years. She has been married for 36 years and is the mother of five children and grandmother to eight.