Tara Ann Thieke helps build communities from her home in Western Pennsylvania. She is currently serving as President of the Board of Trustees for Imago Dei Politics after a decade of working around the country as a caregiver.
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On the life of Wendell Berry
In an age of brutal philosophies, shrieking media, cold arts, lying politicians, and devouring institutions, Wendell Berry was a hero of an entirely human way of being.
September 8, 2026
