Beth Richardson is director of creative content for The Upper Room. She is the author of The Uncluttered Heart: Making Room for God During Advent and Christmas and Child of the Light: Walking Through Advent and Christmas. An ordained deacon in the United Methodist Church, Richardson is a worship leader, photographer, writer, cartoonist, and musician. She describes herself as owned by a Scottish terrier named Jack and his recently acquired sister, Arya, a cattle dog mix.