Michael Kennedy is pastor of the Dolores Mission Parish in East Los Angeles and an author of books on Christian meditation and Jesus.

Michael L. Lindvall, was born in 1947 in Minnesota into a tradition of what he likes to call “straight-backed Scandinavian piety”. His family moved throughout Minnesota’s “wonderfully same little communities that love to tell and retell good stories” before settling in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Reverend Lindvall is the author of Leaving North Haven, also available from Crossroad Carlisle Books. A Presbyterian pastor and graduate of Princeton Seminary, the author currently resides with his family in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Michael Morwood has an extensive background in spirituality and adult faith formation. He is internationally acclaimed for his clear and accessible writing, workshops and lectures on the need for Christians to reshape religious thinking and imagination. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife, Maria.

Samuel Gregg is director of research at the Acton Institute and the author of several books, including John Paul II and the Development of Catholic Social Teaching, The Modern Papacy, and On Ordered Liberty. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Michel Cuypers is specialist on Biblical and Semitic Studies, and a follower of Charles de Foucauld. Cuypers resided in Iran for twelve years, first at a leper colony in Tabriz, and later studying Persian language and literature in Teheran. He obtained a doctorate in Persian literature from the University of Teheran in 1983. He studied Arabic in Syria and Egypt, and in 1989 he moved to Cairo, where he presently resides as a researcher at the Dominican Institute for Eastern Studies. Since 1994 Cuypers has utilized the method of rhetorical...

Michel Quoist was born in Le Havre, France on June 18, 1918. His working-class Catholic family was also involved with the Young Christian Workers movement. However, his father died when Michel was only 14 years old and Michel needed then to work. In 1938 he entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in 1947 at Saint-Oeun abbey in Normandy. In his work as a chaplain and a writer he was especially passionate about ministering to young people. After Advanced Studies at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, as...

Miguel León-Portilla is a distinguished professor emeritus of history at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Sister Miriam Therese Winter is a Roman Catholic Medical Mission sister, theologian, and author. Out of the Depths, WomanWisdom, WomanWord, and WomanWitness are among her works that focus on the contribution of women to Christianity. A professor of liturgy, worship, and spirituality at Hartford Seminary, Winter is also a singer and songwriter. She has recorded a dozen music albums including the award-winning, double album Joy Is Like the Rain and WomanSong.

Mitch Finley is an award-winning freelance writer. He is the author of Everybody Has a Guardian Angel, The Joy of Being Catholic, The Rosary Handbook, The Seekers Guide to Saints, and Your Family in Focus. His awards include the Excellence in Writing Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and awards from the Washington Press Association, the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, and the National Federation of Press Women. He lives in Spokane, Washington.