The Rev. John Ohmer recently retired from thirty years of full-time ministry in the Episcopal Church. Most recently, he served as the Upper School Chaplain at St. Christopher’s School in Richmond, Virginia. Prior to that, he was the Interim Dean for the Cathedral of All Souls in Asheville, NC, served as the Rector of the Falls Church Episcopal in Falls Church, Virginia, as the Rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Leesburg, and as Youth Pastor for St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Arlington. 

Ohmer is the author of the book Slaying Your Goliaths: How God Can Help. He is a graduate of Wabash College and earned a Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary. Prior to ordination, he had a brief career in government, working as a Capitol Hill and presidential campaign staff member, and as a press secretary and speech writer in his home state of Indiana. 

His wife, Mary, is a public school teacher; they have three grown-and-flown children and recently welcomed their first grandchild. They spend their free reading, hiking, and figuring out how to tire out their tireless Border Collie-Springer Spaniel mix named Sadie.