The Rev. Emily Boring

Emily (she/her) joined the team at All Souls in the fall of 2023. Originally from Oregon (Salem and Corvalis), she comes as a recent graduate from Yale Divinity School and a newly ordained priest out of the Diocese of Western Oregon. Prior to her call to ministry she was a marine biologist. She earned a Masters of Science in Integrative Biology from Oregon State University, and her B.S. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Yale. In college she studied the evolution of fish and discovered two new species! Her creative nonfiction has appeared in The Atlantic, The Christian Century, Yale Scientific, Yale Literary Magazine, and Yale Distilled, among others. She is working on her first book, a collection of nonfiction essays about selfhood, belonging, and resilience. New to Berkeley, she’s excited to try out some of her hobbies: hiking, trail running, farmer’s markets, music, and libraries! When not in church, you can find her writing, exploring tidepools, or adoring her family’s orange cat.

emilyb@allsoulsparish.org