John Henderson is the CTO of Minno.

Melanie Rainer is the former Director of Content for JellyTelly. She is a graduate of Covenant Theological Seminary and lives in Nashville Tenn.

Jerrad Lopes is the creator of DadTired.com and has over 10 years of ministry experience as a Christian pastor. He and his wife Leila live in Portland, Oregon and are the parents to Elijah & Eden.

Emily Chapman Richards is the daughter of Grammy® award-winning recording artist, Steven Curtis Chapman, and wife, Mary Beth Chapman. She graduated with a BA from Baylor University (’07) and received her Master of Theology (MTh) degree from...

Jess Chambers juggles the best of both worlds on a daily basis … a family she adores and a job she loves (well, most days). She and her husband Aaron have been married for 14 years and have been blessed with two amazing, energetic little boys –...

Jess Wolstenholm is an author, blogger, and the Editorial Director of JellyTelly Press. Since the loss of her mom to pancreatic cancer in 2012, she’s focused on continuing the legacy of family + faith started by her wonderfully imperfect parents....

Anne Fogerty is the Product Manager at Minno. Anne hails from Texas, calls Nashville home, and travels as much as humanly possible.

JellyTelly Parents is thrilled to partner with occasional guest writers for our blog! Interested in writing for JellyTelly? Email our editor Jess at jessica.wolstenholm@jellytelly.com.

Heidi Franz is a wife and momma striving to be intentional with each moment God has given her. She is the creator of the popular Preschool Bible Curriculum website ABCJesusLovesMe and blogs at Our Out-of-Sync Life. Sharing her personal journey,...

Sarah Rieke is a wife, mama, infant-loss survivor, writer, and podcaster. She has a passion for writing through the heartache of real life but also the hope and redemption that we can find in Christ. She loves the power of stories and encouraging...

I'm a mom to two kids (ages 7 and 10). We do a hybrid homeschool plus some ballet and soccer thrown in. I've been blogging since 2006 and written 2 family devotional books for Christmas and Easter. I volunteer in the middle school department at my...

Tauna is a Jesus follower, wife, mom, homemaker, homeschooler, and owner of ProverbialHomemaker.com. Proverbial Homemaker is all about encouraging women to pursue God's call on their lives and rely on Him to equip us for the task!

Originally from the Pacific Northwest, my husband and I moved to Hawaii fifteen years ago for his medical residency program. We fell in love with the simple island lifestyle (as well as the surf) and decided to call it home. We now homeschool our...

Jennifer is married to a pastor and a mom of four. Besides her family, she loves writing, woodworking, reading and baking (but not cooking!). Her desire is to encourage moms on the hard days and give them Biblical tools to teach their kids...

Carlie Kercheval is a lover of Jesus and all things learning. She is married to her college sweetheart and together they have three precious children. She and her husband founded Christian Marriage Adventures™ in 2012 to help married couples...

Mary Carver is a writer, blogger, wife to her high school sweetheart, and mom to two girls. She's worked in fundraising, public relations, and on her church staff, and she currently works part-time from home for incourage.me and foreverymom.com....

Kara-Kae James realized early on in motherhood that we can't do life alone and desires to see women walk in their full potential as moms, wives and daughters of Christ. She fell in love with the written word at a very young age and loves...

Jamie has worked for Minno for 6+ years and lives in Nashville with her husband and adorable son.

Christine Bailey, her farmer/chef husband, and two girls (6 and 2) are slowly growing roots in Tennessee and pursuing their farmstead dreams, with visions of farm-to-table meals at a long table under the stars, working the land, and creating a...

Vanessa has worked for JellyTelly for almost 3 years, loves to serve at her church, and is a huge fan of Fixer Upper and all about house decoration.

M.Ed., LPC-MHSP, Director of Child and Adolescent Counseling at Daystar Counseling Ministries SISSY GOFF, M.Ed., LPC-MHSP is the Director of Child and Adolescent Counseling at Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville, Tennessee, where she works alongside her counseling assistant/pet therapist, Lucy the Havanese. Since 1993, she has been...

L.M.S.W., Director of Family Counseling at Daystar Counseling DAVID THOMAS, L.M.S.W., is the Director of Family Counseling at Daystar Counseling (daystarcounseling.com) in Nashville, TN, the co-author of eight books, including the best-selling Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys (Tyndale House Publishers)...

M.R.E. MELISSA TREVATHAN, M.R.E. first became a youth director at the age of 16. Since that time, she has been a teacher, retreat leader, head of spiritual life at a private school in Nashville, and is the founder and Executive Director of Daystar...

Crista, along with her husband Tim and two children, has lived in Berlin, Germany since 2014. They serve the refugee community as missionaries and pastors, leading a house church that meets in their apartment each week. Bringing people to faith in...

Digital Marketing Coordinator

Jenni Brandon received her Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in December 2017, focusing on the nascent field of marine microplastics. She is an expert in quantifying and identifying marine microplastics and...

Business Owner, CMO Marketing Specialist

Stephanie Thomas writes about parenting, health, personal development, and money management. She loves to read—novels, memoirs, pictures books, cookbooks—and to explore the great outdoors. Sometimes she even brings those cookbooks into the...

An accomplished writer, educator, and entrepreneur whose experience spans across industries and fields, Melanie is a graduate of the University of Memphis. She served in the early part of her career as a full-time educator in pre-kindergarten and...

Erick Goss is CEO and Co-Founder of Minno, a Nashville-based media and technology company focused on serving Christian kids and families through an ad-free subscription-video-on-demand platform, parent resource blog, and children’s book publishing...

Matt Charbonneau is a high school Religion teacher who inspires his students to explore a deeper relationship with God. Applying uplifting lessons, engaging activities, and insightful experiences, he strives to demonstrate the powerful presence...