Penny Pickle began her work in 1992 with Community Church, later named The Cathedral of Light, in Dallas, Texas. There, she became an ordained minister and instructor of A Course in Miracles, and for 26 years was mentored by its founder, Rev. Kay Hunter. Penny holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s of science from Baylor University, and is a nurse practitioner in a small pediatric clinic in rural East Texas. She lives alone on a country lake and has twins, Peter and Neely, who attend universities.