Anabel C. Proffitt is Associate Professor of Educational Ministries at Lancaster Theological Seminary. She is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary (Ph.D.), the Presbyterian School of Christian Education (M.A.) and Hood College (B.A.). An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, she is an active member and adult Sunday school teacher at Hamilton Park United Church of Christ in Lancaster. During the summer months she serves as pastor of Childwold Memorial Presbyterian Church in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York. Author of numerous articles on religious education, she is currently completing a book, entitled The Sense of Wonder: Pathos and Play in Religious Education.  In addition to her teaching and pastoral activities, she is a poet and a djembe drummer. She is married to Chuck Melchert, an author and retired professor.

"The Importance of Wonder in Religious Education"
Religious Education Vol. 93, No. 1 (Winter 1998)

"Educating the Emotions: Is It Possible?"
Panorama: International Journal of Comparative Religious Education and Value
Vol. 10, No. 2 (Winter 1998)

"Playing in the Presence of God: Wonder, Wisdom and Education"
with Charles F. Melchert
International Journal of Children's Spirituality (Spring 1998)

"Exploring Wonder as a Form of Piety in Religious Education"
Panorama: International Journal of Comparative Religious Education and Value

"Mystery, Metaphor and Religious Education: The Challenge of Teaching in a Postmodern World"
Salt: Journal of the Relgious and Moral Education Council
of the Alberta Teachers' Association Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer 1995)

"Where Have All the Teachers Gone?"
Religious Education Vol. 89, No. 3 (Spring 1994)

"A Liberating Education?"
Religious Education Vol. 88, No. 1 (Winter 1993)