The Reverend Dr. Linda Anderson has served our congregation since 1992. Educated at the University of Rochester, the University of Colorado and New York Theological Seminary. Dr. Anderson earned a doctorate in Classics and Greek Art and a Master of Divinity degree. She has won numerous prizes and awards, including a Feminist Theology Award for her historical drama,"Judith Sargent Murray: a Woman of Substance. "The Reverend Dr. Linda Anderson has served our congregation since 1992. Educated at the University of Rochester, the University of Colorado and New York Theological Seminary. Dr. Anderson earned a doctorate in Classics and Greek Art and a Master of Divinity degree. She has won numerous prizes and awards, including a Feminist Theology Award for her historical drama,"Judith Sargent Murray: a Woman of Substance."

Since coming to Kingston, Dr. Anderson has worked with such community agencies as RCAL (Resource Center for Accessible Living), United Way, where she chaired a committee to fund emergency services for many years, as well as serving on the Board. Rev. Anderson served on the Board of Esther House, a program helping women to transition back into society from prison and she has spoken on numerous panels on the subject of restorative justice. She has also worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters on their Amachi program mentoring children with a parent who is incarcerated. On a different note, she spent several years with the Healing Improv Group, an experiential theater group that works with cancer patients through Benedictine Hospital's Oncology Support Program.

Dr. Anderson's scholarly interests include theology and history and she has published papers on the reality of evil and delivered lectures to ministerial conferences on the Parables of Jesus and on Affect Theology and theologian Thandeka. Her play "Judith Sargent Murray" has been dramatized in numerous venues, including the General Assembly and the New York State Convention of Universalists.

Hobbies and interests include kayaking, biking, swimming and hiking. She is a prize winning photographer and she loves to play with her dog, a chocolate lab.