Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence is a freelance writer and part-time staff member at Calvin College where she is the costume shop manager for Calvin Theatre Company. The daughter of a Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor, Joy's childhood was defined by moving, homeschooling, making things, and being afraid of the rapture. After receiving her BA in English and music performance from ...

Halee Gray Scott is a faculty member at Azusa Pacific University and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in educational studies at Talbot School of Theology, where her research interests include leadership development and spiritual formation. In 2004, she received her master's degree in religion from Azusa Pacific University. Prior to joining the faculty at APU, Halee served as ...

Shayne Moore (MA, theology) is a full-time mom and outspoken advocate on extreme poverty and global AIDS. She sits on the executive board of directors for Upendo Village, an HIV/AIDS ministry in Kenya. Shayne lives in Wheaton, Illinois, with her three children and her husband, John.

To learn more about Shayne and her ministry, visit her blog.

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Ronna Detrick Miller has been journeying with others in their faith both formally and informally for a number of years. The privilege of hearing individual stories makes her increasingly aware of God's larger story, the story she most loves and which she addictively, ceaselessly re-imagines, re-writes, and re-tells in ways that (hopefully) invite redemption, passion, and life. ...

Kirsten Strand is founder and director of Community 4:12, a ministry of Community Christian Church in Naperville, Illinois. She has served on the staff of Community Christian Church since 2003.

Kirsten holds a bachelor's degree in psychology/biology from Emory University in Atlanta and a master's degree in clinical psychology from Ohio State University.

Kirsten is married to ...

Rebecca has a deep connection with and passion for the African American community. She is known for her wisdom, wit, creativity, and love for the truth of God's Word. In her 26 years of vocational ministry, Rebecca has addressed audiences across the United States and on the continents of Africa and Europe.

Rebecca currently serves as vice president of The Impact Movement. ...

Kelli B. Trujillo is a writer and editor, a mom of three, a morning coffee-drinker, and an avid reader. She is the author of Faith-Filled Moments: Helping Kids See God in Everyday Life and The Busy Mom's Guide to Spiritual Survival. Kelli is also managing editor of Kyria's downloads. Along with these roles, Kelli is as an adult ministry leader at her church in Indianapolis. ...

Eileen Button is a newspaper columnist for The Flint Journal in Michigan and is an active member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Her commentaries on family, politics, faith and community life are well received. Readers often tell her, "I don't always agree with you, but you always make me think."

She is the author of the forthcoming book, When Faith is a Four-Letter ...

Jennifer Lahl is the founder and National director of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network.She received her B.S. in Nursing and Public Health Certification from California State University at Fullerton, California and her M.A. (with honors) in Bioethics from Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. She spent 15 years working in pediatric critical care ...