Ray McGinnis holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto and a Diploma in Christian Education from the Centre for Christian Studies. He has served as national staff for Youth & Young Adult Ministries with the United Church of Canada (1986-95). From 1995-99 he was program staff with the Naramata Centre in British Columbia. From 1999 to 2020 he taught journal writing, poetry, and memoir workshops to over 15,000 participants. He has taught at business conferences, colleges, theological schools, retreat settings, churches, synagogues, grief and loss support groups, schools, mental health settings, hospitals, and professional development days including for first responders, and lawyers. He is author of Writing the Sacred. On the 20th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, he published Unanswered Questions. He enjoys walking, cooking, hiking, reading, history, theatre, literature, and writes song reviews. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.
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