Shannon Britton Schaefer is a MDiv student at Duke Divinity School and holds a BA in Humanities from Milligan College. Her interests lie at the

Marlene A. Stelter has returned to part-time teaching and private tutoring after a lengthy timeout to home educate her own three children from kindergarten through

Karen A. Longman is program director and a professor of higher education in the department of higher education at Azusa Pacific University, and a co-editor

Clayton Croy, a United Methodist layperson, teaches Greek and New Testament at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. He has degrees from Asbury College, Asbury Theological Seminary, the University

Scarlet Tsao holds a Master of Laws from Yale Law School and is an attorney admitted to practice in Hong Kong and England. She is currently a

Lorraine Cleaves Anderson has been Senior Pastor of International Community Church (American Baptist) in Boston since 1998. Lorraine taught deaf-blind students for seven years before going to seminary,

David Instone-Brewer has been a Baptist pastor in Wales, U.K., and is currently the Senior Research Fellow in Rabbinics and the New Testament at Tyndale House, Cambridge, U.K.

Virginia Gray is pursuing both a Master of Divinity degree and the Doctor of Ministry degree in effective ministries to women at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts.

Priscilla Lasmarias Kelso is originally from the Philippines and is a graduate of the Literature and Writing program at Stanford University. Her article, “The Heartbeat of a