Neurodivergent Clergy

08/04/2026

From Jesse Stewart Briles (our co-founder):

I guess I’m officially a published author… of a chapter at least…
If you would’ve asked me back in college I would have thought it would never happen (although I wrote “chapter books”in elementary school a lot) but if it were to happen I would’ve guessed something with inclusion and/or belonging… but probably not neurodiversity/disability because I was undiagnosed. I just hope and pray this helps others like me know that they’re not alone and that God can call and use them still!
The paperback is available from the website and probably will eventually be available soon on Amazon.
Kindle version is only $9.99!

07/30/2026

From Pastor Jesse Stewart Briles (one of our co founders):
I’ve been waiting to publicly share this exciting news fully. I don’t think it seemed fully real to me until I received the book cover photo last night and saw this post today.
I will have a chapter published in the “All God’s Children” book which is based on my workshop at 2025 Preachers Conference All God's Children. It is mostly focused on what it looks like to lead in ministry as a neurodivergent person and it challenges districts and churches in how they can embrace and support neurodivergent leadership especially in the licensing and credential process. While my chapter is definitely niche, there is something for everyone in both of these books and couldn’t recommend both of these even if I didn’t have a chapter in one of them.
I’ll share more once they’re available to pre-order!

06/08/2026

06/03/2026

Pastor Jesse Stewart Briles is at Palcon at ONU. He is currently in Ludwig and will be around the event the whole week. If you’d like to meet him, grab some stickers/fidgets/buttons/earplugs, talk about our group and/or how you can help Neurodivergent individuals feel welcome at your church come find him or use the contact info on the handout on your bag! See a copy of the handout below.
Some of the time I will be hanging out at the NurturingCare booth.