Oliver Steinrueck was born in Toronto, grew up in a Camphill Village in Copake, N.Y., graduated from a Waldorf high-school and received a Master’s Degree in history. In 1989 Oliver entered the seminary in Stuttgart and went on to work in congregations in Freiburg, Germany, Chicago and San Francisco. Currently he is working in the congregation in Spring Valley, NY, as well as teaching and at the Seminary there. His topic in the teacher training is: the difference between prayer and meditation.