Courtney Ellis is an author, speaker, and pastor. Her books include Looking Up, Weathering Change, Uncluttered, Present, and Almost Holy Mama. Ellis serves as a Presbyterian pastor in southern California and is the host of The Thing with Feathers podcast. Born in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, she graduated from Wheaton College, Loyola University Chicago, and Princeton Theological Seminary. She and her husband are the parents of three children.