JoAnn Streeter Shade has been involved in a variety of ministry settings for more than thirty-five years. She has served Salvation Army congregations and social service programs, concluding her active ministry with the development of the Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Ashland, Ohio. She has also ministered at North Coast Family Foundation, a Christian counseling center in Northeast Ohio, and has written extensively to connect theological and social issues in today's culture. She contributes a weekly column in the Ashland Times-Gazette, and is the author of more than a dozen books