Our Team
Collective Excellence
Chris Blake
Chris Blake has been a pastor, professor emeritus, chair of Lincoln Interfaith Peacemaking Coalition, and editor of Insight magazine. The author of more than 250 published articles and recipient of numerous teaching, service, and national writing and editing awards, he has written several books, including Imagine Life, Swimming Against the Current, Reinvent Your Sabbath School (with his wife, Yolanda), and Searching for a God to Love. Chris launched Maranatha’s Ultimate Workout, the website Adventist Church Welcoming Statements, Union College Peace Week, and The Giraffe Society, for people willing to stick their necks out for youth and young adults. To foster a listening climate in Adventist churches he moderated Enough Room at the Table and created the seminars Learning to Love and A Sanctuary for Conversation. He sees following Jesus as fundamentally love in action.
Jen silva
Jen is a dedicated public health professional with over 12 years of experience advancing community development and health equity for children and families across diverse regions.
She has contributed to international education and research initiatives aimed at strengthening global health systems and has supported large-scale emergency planning during the COVID-19 response, helping ensure access to critical resources for remote and underserved communities.
Her work also includes developing community-based health education programs, collaborating with cross-sector partners, and driving equity-focused solutions that uplift low-income families. Passionate about global health, education, and community advocacy, Jen holds a Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis in Global Health.
Dilys Brooks
Dr. Dilys Brooks is the Campus Chaplain of Loma Linda University, where she provides spiritual care for the students, faculty, and staff. She is passionate and enthusiastic about assisting individuals of all ages to know Christ personally and accept His call to become change agents in the world for the kingdom of God. She believes Christ’s challenge to the culture includes speaking truth to power on behalf of those who are “othered,” forgotten, and living on the margins. Her scholarship encompasses spiritual care, trauma, relational justice, restorative justice, culture, teaching, and pedagogy.
Nathan Brown
Dr. Dilys Brooks is the Campus Chaplain of Loma Linda University, where she provides spiritual care for the students, faculty, and staff. She is passionate and enthusiastic about assisting individuals of all ages to know Christ personally and accept His call to become change agents in the world for the kingdom of God. She believes Christ’s challenge to the culture includes speaking truth to power on behalf of those who are “othered,” forgotten, and living on the margins. Her scholarship encompasses spiritual care, trauma, relational justice, restorative justice, culture, teaching, and pedagogy.