Joan Chittister
A widely published author, columnist and noted international lecturer, Joan D. Chittister, OSB, is executive director of Benetvision: A Resource and Research Center for Contemporary Spirituality located in Erie, Pennsylvania. A member and past prioress of the Benedictine sisters of Erie, she is past president of the conference of American Benedictine Prioresses. The most recent of her 26 books are New Designs: An Anthology of Spiritual Vision; Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope; and Widsom Distilled from the Daily. She has been a leading voice on Benedictine spirituality and practice for over 25 years.
For more information please go to: https://www.benetvision.org

David Dark
David Dark has published articles and reviews in Prism magazine and Books & Culture. His book Everyday Apocalypse: The Sacred Revealed in Radiohead, the Simpsons and other Pop Culture Icons was published in 2002 by Brazos Press. Dark teaches English at Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville.
For more information please go to: David Dark Bio and David Dark's Website.

Linda Douty
Linda Douty currently serves as a book reviewer, teacher, retreat leader and individual spiritual director, sharing her personal experiences as well as knowledge gained at the The Academy for Spiritual Formation, Bethel Bible Series, SMU's Perkins School of Theology and the Shalom Institute of Spiritual Guidance. Douty is a regular presenter at the Center for Spiritual Growth in Memphis, Tennessee.
For more information please go to: Linda Douty Bio and Samaritan Counseling Center of the Mid-South.

Laurence Freeman
Father Freeman is a monk of the Monastery of Christ the King, Cockfosters, London. From the International Centre of the Christian Meditation Community in London, he now serves a worldwide network of 27 meditation centres and more than a thousand weekly meditation groups in 50 countries. He travels regularly in North and South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. He is involved in contemplative inter-religious dialogue and led The Way of Peace dialogue with the Dalai Lama. His six books include Light Within, Selfless Self, and Jesus: The Teacher Within.
For more information please go to: Medio Media and World Community for Christian Meditation.

Micah D. Greenstein
Named by Memphis Magazine as one of the city's most significant leaders, Rabbi Greenstein became Temple Israel's eighth Senior Rabbi on September 1, 2000, after serving Temple as Assistant and Associate Rabbi since 1991. Former President of Memphis Ministers Association, he is a board member of the National Civil Rights Museum and faculty member of Memphis Theological Seminary.
For more information please go to: Micah Greenstein Bio and Temple Israel, Memphis, TN.

William Kolb
The Reverend Canon Kolb has served parishes in Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Missouri, New York, and Mississippi. In total, Bill has been in parish ministry for over 30 years.
For more information please go to: William Kolb Bio.

Renée Miller
Renée Miller is an Episcopal priest who splits her time between her home in the Arizona desert and her condo in downtown Memphis. She currently serves as an associate rector at Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis, TN, contributes regularly to explorefaith.org, and serves as a team leader for CREDO (Clergy Reflection, Education, Discernment,Opportunity).
For more information please go to: Renée Miller Bio.

Mark W. Muesse
Mark W. Muesse is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. A native of Waco, Texas, Muesse received his B.A. summa cum laude in English from Baylor University. He completed his graduate work at Harvard University, where he received a Masters of Theological Studies from the Divinity School and the A.M. and Ph.D. in The Study of Religion from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Muesse is also the author of several books including Redeeming Men: Religion and Masculinities.
For more information please go to: Mark Muesse Bio.

Kathleen Norris
Kathleen Norris is a recipient of grants from the Guggenheim and Bush Foundations. Her personal narratives, essays, and poetry have been published in a wide range of anthologies, magazines and journals, including The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine. She has published five books of poetry, including Little Girls in Church, How I Came to Drink My Grandmother's Piano, and The Year of Common Things, and is author of the New York Times bestsellers The Cloister Walk, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, and Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith.
For more information please go to: http://www.barclayagency.com/norris.html.

Parker J. Palmer
Parker Palmer is known for his work in education, spirituality and social change in institutions including schools, community organizations, primary, secondary and higher education, and business and corporations. He is author of six books, including Let Your Life Speak: Listening to the Voice of Vocation (2000) , and The Active Life: Wisdom for Work Creativity and Caring (1990).
For more information please go to: Parker Palmer Bio.

Lee Ramsey
Lee Ramsey is an ordained United Methodist pastor and is currently an associate professor of pastoral care and pastoral theology at Memphis Theological Seminary. He holds advanced degrees from Candler School of Theology and Vanderbilt University and is the author of Care-full Preaching: From Sermon to Caring Community.
For more information please go to: Lee Ramsey Bio.

Phyllis Tickle
As Contributing Editor in Religion for Publishers Weekly, the international journal of the book industry, Phyllis Tickle is frequently quoted in sources like Newsweek, Time, Life, The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, C-SPAN, PBS, BBC, VOA, etc., Tickle is an authority on religion in America and a much sought-after lecturer on the subject. She is also author of some two dozen books, most of them about religion and spirituality, including The Divine Hours, a three-volume contemporary manual of prayer, God-Talk in America, and The Shaping of a Life - A Spiritual Landscape, a memoir of a life of prayer.
For more information please go to: Phyllis Tickle Bio and Phyliss Tickle's Website.

Rowan Williams
The Most Reverend Rowan Douglas Williams was selected to be the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury after serving as Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of Wales. Archbishop Williams has also served as a Dean of Clare College and Lecturer in Divinity at Cambridge University and as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. He has published collections of articles, sermons and poetry and written or edited more than twenty books on the history of theology and spirituality, most recently Love’s Redeeming Work: The Anglican Quest for Holiness (Co-edited with Geoffrey Rowell and Kenneth Stevenson), Lost Icons: Reflections on Cultural Bereavement and a volume of reflections called Writing in the Dust,about his personal experience of September 11, 2001.
For more information please go to: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org.

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