Leading the Long Island Council of Churches for seventeen years, Thomas Goodhue worked on interreligious responses to bias incidents, recovery efforts after the 9/11 attacks, and immigration reform advocacy during a time of national division. He has spoken and written widely about living in a multicultural, multifaith world in churches, synagogues, mosques, and secular organizations. A United Methodist pastor, he serves on the board of the Interfaith Institute of Long Island, reviews regularly for The Journal of Interreligious Studies, and blogs at A Lotus in the Mud. He's won awards from the Educational Press Association, Catholic Book Association, and the New York Public Library. He lives in New York, NY.