Anita E. Keire is an ordained, retired minister in the United Church of Christ, an educator, speaker, discussion-group and workshop leader. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Education in English and a Master in Divinity from Yale University's Divinity School. Before entering ordained ministry, she was a public school teacher and a Director of Christian Education. She is the author of A Parent's Guide to Prayer and the ten-grade level non-denominational Mustard Seed Series Sunday School curriculum for schools and churches and Resurrection Dialogues with Skeptics and Believers. In December 2016, she published Walking on Water: Skeptics and Believers Discuss Whether Jesus Matters.