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Heidi Neumark is an author, speaker and Lutheran pastor who has served congregations in the South Bronx and presently in Manhattan. Her experiences in congregational and community leadership in the Bronx led to a highly acclaimed book, "Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx" (Beacon Press 2003), winner of the 2004 Wilbur Award given by the Religion Communicators Council. She has chapters and sermons in numerous other books and writes regularly for the Christian Century and other journals. In her present position, Pastor Neumark also serves as the executive director of a shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth. She holds an honorary doctorate of divinity from Muhlenberg College. Heidi is married, has two adult children and lives in New York City.
Thanks to meticulous planning on the part of her publisher, the release of her newest book "Sanctuary: Being Christian in the Wake of Trump," will coincide with the first presidential debate on September 29th: “With this powerful collection, Neumark adds her voice to the growing chorus of Christians calling for faith-based resistance to the Trump agenda. “(Publishers Weekly). Actually, it’s just a coincidence of timing but Sanctuary is an amplifier for the many voices crying out against policies and rhetoric that are cruel, dehumanizing, and dangerous. This is a book born out of the necessity of our current times that will nevertheless stay relevant as this era’s deep wounds, inflicted before and during Trump’s presidency, remain long past its end.
Heidi is also the author of "Hidden Inheritance: Family Secrets, Memory and Faith," about her uncovering of her Jewish roots and successive family loss and trauma through the Holocaust. The author also grapples with anti-Judaism in the church, the role of the church in silencing trauma and reconsiders how her lifelong identification with marginalized people and work for social justice emerged from roots she never knew existed.
