A native Texan and Tennessee transplant, The Rev. Meredith Day Hearn is an evangelical turned Episcopal priest. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies at Belmont University in Nashville, focusing especially on the integration of religion and the arts. She continued her education and spiritual formation at Yale Divinity School earning a Master of Divinity and certificate from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in 2015. Meredith’s love of poetry, songwriting, and storytelling deeply informs her understanding of God in the world. Her preaching seeks to investigate the sanctity of the ordinary, highlighting life’s inevitable suffering alongside its propensity for great beauty.
She currently serves as Priest-in-Charge of All Saints Episcopal Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to her appointment at All Saints, Meredith served as Priest-in-Charge at Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Church and as Curate for Christian Formation and Congregational Development at Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and School in Memphis, Tennessee. Meredith and her husband, Jackson, recently moved to the Cincinnati area where make their home in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood.