Linnea Nelson is a certified spiritual director companioning adults, youth, and children on their life journeys. She served as president of the Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA) and is the executive director of UU Wellspring, a yearlong spiritual deepening program for Unitarian Universalists. She is a religious educator credentialed by the Unitarian Universalist Association. Community has been a lifelong focus for Nelson and she believes that we can create religious communities as a place for all to bring our whole selves to enrich and empower the greater good. She and her husband, Ted, are active members of the First Unitarian Church of Orlando, Florida.