Our brilliant mind this week is the Rev. Dr. Emily Peck, Professor of Christian Formation and Young Adult Ministry, Co-Director of the Certificate in Children and Youth Ministry and Advocacy, and Co-Director of the Wesley Innovation Hub at Wesley Theological Seminary.

She and Jacob discuss the broad implications of Christian Formation: how we are formed not only in what we know but in who we *are* and in what we *do*, and the role of grace and community and change in the formation process. She traces her spiritual and academic journey, and how she was formed to care deeply about both the world and the church. She also relates how a certain fairy tale inspires her to honor our own childhoods and the children who are entrusted with us.