Donald Miller
Donald Miller is the author of Blue Like Jazz,which has hit #29 on the New York Times Best Sellers List, Searching for God Knows What, Through Painted Deserts, and To Own a Dragon. He is frequent speaker at colleges and conferences across the country, addressing the relevancy of Christian spirituality to explain and heal the dynamics of the human heart. Don has addressed a wide range of audiences, from young men who grew up without fathers to students at Harvard University. He lives in community in Portland, Oregon.
Rick McKinley
Rick McKinley is the Pastor of Imago Dei Community in Portland Oregon. He is author of Jesus in the Margins, and This Beautiful Mess. Married to his wife Jeanne for 17 years, they have four kids that are the best. Rick speaks around the country and has a passion to see followers of Christ embody the Gospel to the world around them.
Jim Palmer
Jim Palmer's widely acclaimed first book, Divine Nobodies, earned him widespread recognition as one of the next great spiritual writers. Jim has a passion for finding relevant, authentic ways of dialoging and building community around a relationship with Christ. His journey has included such opportunities as two years of pastoral ministry at Willow Creek Community Church and the starting of an emerging church in Nashville. His newly released second book, Wide Open Spaces, strikes to the heart and calls readers to consider whether their neatly preconceived ideas of God haven’t prevented them from experiencing the inspiring depths of God himself. Jim offers guidance as a pastor, speaker and writer to people seeking to know God in deeper and more expansive ways.
Charlie Peacock
Charlie Peacock is one of the most innovative singer/songwriters, record producers, musicians and writers today. Named by Billboard's Encyclopedia of Record Producers as one of the 500 most important record producers in music history, Charlie is a Grammy Award winner and three-time recipient of the Gospel Music Association’s Producer of the Year award. He has worked with scores of best-selling artists, including Switchfoot, David Crowder Band, Nichole Nordeman, Sara Groves, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Amy Grant, Béla Fleck, Sixpence None The Richer, CeCe Winans, Avalon, Audio Adrenaline, and Margaret Becker. Charlie has contributed to several books and is the author of At the Crossroads, New Way to Be Human and a new book to be released in late 2008.
Jason Hildebrand
Jason Hildebrand is a professional actor, dramatist and performance coach. He has performed in theatre, film and television, and continues to tour the globe with his acclaimed solo performances. Jason also works with organizations, theatre and film companies and educational institutions in various capacities throughout North America and Europe.
Chris Seay
Chris Seay is a leader in the emerging church discussion. He was the founding pastor of University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, one of the earliest examples of generational church planting. Currently, Chris pastors Ecclesia of Houston, TX, and is the author of many books, including: The Gospel According to Tony Soprano, The Gospel Reloaded, and Faith of My Fathers.
Pete Gall
Pete Gall is a freelance copywriter, brand strategist, author, speaker and passion-driven gadfly whose clients range from Fortune 50 corporations to national denominations, nonprofit organizations and local churches. Pete’s book, My Beautiful Idol, invites the readers to identify with the young would-be Christian hero of the story as he seeks God and as he hides from God. In his writing and in his presentations, Pete weaves together stories, both humorous and painful, sublime and wretched to successfully celebrate the messiness of faith and the unscripted nature of experiencing a God who is intimately involved in all of life. Pete, his wife and two dogs live in Indianapolis.
Susan Isaacs
Susan E. Isaacs is a writer and performer with credits in TV, film, stage, and radio. She has an MFA in screenwriting from the of Southern California and is an alumnus of the Groundlings Sunday Company. Susan has read her essays on public radio's Weekend America and is a contributing writer to Donald Miller's Burnside Writers Collective. She wrote DirecTV's Songs of Praise specials, hosted by NASCAR champ Darrell Waltrip, featuring singers Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith.