Kaitlyn Schiess (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary) is a writer, speaker, and theologian. She is the author of The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor and is a regular...

Kaitlyn Schiess (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary) is a writer, speaker, and theologian. She is the author of The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor and is a regular cohost on the Holy Post podcast with Skye Jethani and Phil Vischer. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Christianity Today, Christ and Pop Culture, Relevant, and Sojourners. Schiess is currently a doctoral student in political theology at Duke Divinity School. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.

ARA DURBIN has enjoyed continually serving in various roles of children’s ministries for over 20 years. She has a degree in elementary education from Texas A&M University and homeschools her children...

ARA DURBIN has enjoyed continually serving in various roles of children’s ministries for over 20 years. She has a degree in elementary education from Texas A&M University and homeschools her children part-time through a University Model School. Kara’s inspiration for the book was her mother, who blessed her life by parenting her with Scripture. When thinking about how to best parent her own children, Kara looked for a reference book that would have Scriptures to use for specific parenting moments. Not finding one, she began work on the book project. Parenting with Scripture has been a consistent seller for Moody Publishers and Kara has been interviewed about the subject on 50 radio programs nation-wide and globally through Focus on the Family. Kara, her husband, their daughter and son, and two crazy dogs make their home in Murphy, TX (a Dallas suburb).

Kara Powell, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. As a youth ministry veteran of over 20 years, she serves as an Advi...

Kara Powell, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. As a youth ministry veteran of over 20 years, she serves as an Advisor to Youth Specialties. Named by Christianity Today as one of "50 Women You Should Know", Kara is the author or co-author of a number of books including Sticky Faith, Essential Leadership, Deep Justice Journeys, Deep Justice in a Broken World, Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, and the Good Sex Youth Ministry Curriculum.

Kara Tippetts is the wife of one excellent man and the mother of four amazing children. She supports her husband, Jason, as he is planting a church in Colorado Springs. Her story was dramatically cha...

Kara Tippetts is the wife of one excellent man and the mother of four amazing children. She supports her husband, Jason, as he is planting a church in Colorado Springs. Her story was dramatically changed in 2012 when Kara was first diagnosed with cancer. She has shared honestly the painful journey of walking through suffering and looking for Jesus through her increasingly popular blog, www.mundanefaithfulness.com. In September of 2013 her diagnosis changed, as more cancer was found in her reproductive system and brain. She lives for the graces of time, time with loved ones, time spent building community and sharing her story of living life in grace. Tippetts continues to maintain her blog where she shares her daily struggle in finding grace in all areas of life, not only in her journey with cancer.

Soon after I married my husband, Gary, in November 1982, I began leading classes on Building Better Relationships. Since then I have dedicated my life to helping others build better relationships. I h...

Soon after I married my husband, Gary, in November 1982, I began leading classes on Building Better Relationships. Since then I have dedicated my life to helping others build better relationships. I have seen incredible results from hosting classes, including many remarriages, reconciliations, strengthening pre-marriage relationships and equipping solid marriage relationships to lift the bar even higher. I firmly believe that many relationships have problems, omissions, and issues that could be solved if the people involved just had the tools. Many are unaware of how to address their issues. The materials I have written are like a toolbox; and the proof of their effectiveness is obvious from the results the classes have achieved over the years. I am a teacher who shares my passion to live victoriously; I have lead groups of all ages from birth to seniors both in the United States and abroad. My signature class, Building Better Relationships, is taught in my home several times a year. My family resides in Michigan, and has grown to include five adult children, their spouses, and three granddaughters.

Karen DeArmond Gardner survived a thirty-year abusive marriage, her story isn’t about what happened to her but what God is doing with what happened to her. Karen is a Trauma Advocate for women healing...

Karen DeArmond Gardner survived a thirty-year abusive marriage, her story isn’t about what happened to her but what God is doing with what happened to her. Karen is a Trauma Advocate for women healing from the one who vowed to love them. Karen breaks the myths and reveals truth about domestic abuse, she encourages women to discover the ‘more’ of God through heart healing. Karen has been married to Tom Gardner since 2010, they own a private security company and Karen is the founder of Another One Free.

Karen first became involved in advocacy work after observing the harm that was caused by many bills in the California legislature that were proving destructive of the family and traditional family va...

Karen first became involved in advocacy work after observing the harm that was caused by many bills in the California legislature that were proving destructive of the family and traditional family values. Fearing for her own children, and the children of other mothers and families, she became involved with Concerned Women for America, and took a role as Legislative Liaison for Eagle Forum, to help fight against absurd government policies. Karen England currently serves as the Executive Director of Capitol Resource Institute, where she has worked hard to advocate on behalf of family values and pro-family legislation in the state of California for well over a decade. Through Capitol Resource Institute, and its subsidiary Capitol Resource Family Impact, she has been a key leader in advocacy work in the California and Nevada legislatures to help mobilize citizens to stand up for their values in government policy. At CRI, Karen has carefully planned and led the annual City on the Hill Youth Leadership Conference, which is designed to equip Christian youth with knowledge of the legislative process in California, and to teach important skills of advocacy, lobbying, and rhetoric to high school students. Additionally, she is responsible for the creation and expansion of the “Citizen Day at the Capitol” program, which is designed to train and equip average citizens to understand important issues in state politics and learn the importance of communicating with their state representatives.

Commentator, columnist & talk show host, Karen Kataline received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia University and is a frequent guest host on AM Talk Radio. She is the producer and host...

Commentator, columnist & talk show host, Karen Kataline received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia University and is a frequent guest host on AM Talk Radio. She is the producer and host of Spouting Off, a live, Internet call-in talk show covering politics, pop culture and a little psychology thrown in. Her Op Eds can be seen in Investor’s Business Daily, Western Journal, Town Hall, The Daily Caller and The American Thinker. A proud Colorado native, her first career as a professional actress/singer took her on tour around the country and to New York City, where she eventually discovered that she preferred saying her own words to memorizing somebody else’s. She still lends her operatic voice to fundraisers and community events. She has sung the National Anthem and God Bless America in numerous venues from State Legislatures to the New Jersey Nets. Ms. Kataline has practiced as a clinician and consultant in the mental health field. Her expertise has earned her consulting contracts with physicians’ groups, nursing organizations and home health care companies.

 She has been a corporate trainer for business executives and an adjunct professor in communications and public speaking for institutions like the New School for Social Research and Parsons School of Design in New York and New Jersey’s Montclair State College and Fairleigh Dickenson University. She is the author of an award-winning memoir, FATLASH! Food Police & the Fear of Thin, a personal account and analysis of her experience with child beauty pageants, food restriction and her “stage mother on steroids.”

Karen Swallow Prior (PhD, SUNY Buffalo) is an award-winning professor of English at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She is the author of On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great...

Karen Swallow Prior (PhD, SUNY Buffalo) is an award-winning professor of English at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She is the author of On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books, Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me, and Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist. Prior has written for Christianity Today, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, First Things, Vox, Think Christian, and The Gospel Coalition. She is a research fellow with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, a senior fellow with Liberty University's Center for Apologetics and Cultural Engagement, a Senior Fellow with The Trinity Forum, and a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the Humane Society of the United States.

Karen Swallow Prior, Professor of English, earned her Ph. D. and M. A. at the State University of New York at Buffalo and her B. A. at Daemen College. Her scholarly work has appeared in 1650-1850:...

Karen Swallow Prior, Professor of English, earned her Ph. D. and M. A. at the State University of New York at Buffalo and her B. A. at Daemen College. Her scholarly work has appeared in 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era; The Shandean; The Scriblerian and various literary encyclopedias. Prior received the Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence in 2013, was named Faculty of the Year by the Multicultural Enrichment Center in 2010, received the Sigma Tau Delta (LU chapter) Teacher of the Year Award, and was the 2003 recipient of the President's Award for Teaching Excellence. She is a member of the graduate faculty and teaches British literature primarily, with a specialty in eighteenth century British literature, which she loves for its emphasis on philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, community, and the "middle way." Her books include Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More - Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist (Thomas Nelson 2014) and a literary and spiritual memoir, Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me (T. S. Poetry Press 2012). She is a contributing writer for Christianity Today, The Atlantic, In Touch, and Think Christian. Her writing has also appeared at Comment, Relevant, Books and Culture, Fieldnotes, The Well, and Salvo. She has spoken at numerous writing conferences including the Festival of Faith and Writing and the Roanoke Regional Writers Conference. Prior is a member of Faith Advisory Council of the Humane Society of the United States. She lives in rural Virginia with her husband along with sundry dogs, horses, and chickens.

The story of Disciples of The Way (DOW) ministry begins with the conversion of Karim Baidaoui from Islam to Christianity. Following his Baptism in 1991, Pastor Karim’s conversion from a slave of Alla...

The story of Disciples of The Way (DOW) ministry begins with the conversion of Karim Baidaoui from Islam to Christianity. Following his Baptism in 1991, Pastor Karim’s conversion from a slave of Allah into a child of God convinced his heart to serve Christ as Missionary-at-Large to the Muslim community. After his Ordination within the Lutheran Church MissouriSynod in 2005, the ministry of DOW was born. In 2013, this ministry grew and established its own Non-Profit (501c3) under the name Disciples of the Way Ministries (DOW). DOW’s Mission statement is “Reaching, Teaching, Working, and Living among our neighbors and making disciples of the Cross from All Nations.” Matthew 28:19 DOW is a ministry of all nations reaching out to people of all nations -primarily Muslims in the Vickery Meadow community which is home to 35,000+ immigrants. DOW and its Refugee Service Center (RSC) program reach out to the community by becoming neighbors, workers, missionaries and by being disciple-makers. “And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.” (2 Timothy 2:2 )

One of American Association of Christian Counselors, AACC’s leading voices is Dr. Karl Benzio, a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in decision-making science. Dr. Benzio has dedicated his care...

One of American Association of Christian Counselors, AACC’s leading voices is Dr. Karl Benzio, a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in decision-making science. Dr. Benzio has dedicated his career to helping individuals renew their minds by integrating biblical truth with clinical psychology. He co-founded Honey Lake Clinic, one of the nation’s premier Christian residential treatment centers, and currently serves as Chief Psychiatric Officer at Honey Lake and Medical Director at AACC.