Arthur Paul Boers is author of Never Call Them Jerks: Healthy Responses to Difficult Behavior (Alban, 1999). He is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart Indiana. An ordained Mennonite minister and Benedictine oblate, he served for over sixteen years as a pastor in rural, urban, and church-planting settings in the USA and Canada. He is also a Benedictine Oblate.

David Brubaker has worked as a workplace mediator, trainer and organizational consultant. He teaches organizational studies at the university level and has consulted with more than 100 organizations including for-profit, not-for-profit, congregational and governmental. Brubaker has written numerous articles on conflict transformation and organizational health. He is the author of Promise and Peril: Understanding and Managing Change and Conflict in Congregations (Alban 2009) and co-author of The Little Book of Healthy Organizations (Good Books 2009).

Mayra Castaneda regularly conducts workshops and seminars on spiritual faith formation and Christian education.  She is a frequent keynote speaker and Bible teacher. With over 25 years experience as a pastoral educator, teacher and preacher, Mayra has a particular passion for children and their families. Rev. Castaneda holds a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Christian Education from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, Illinois.  

Bruce Epperly is ordained in the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He is the author of seventeen books in the areas of spirituality, theology, ministerial excellence and spirituality, and health and healing, including Holy Adventure: 41 Days of Audacious Living and Tending to the Holy: The Practice of the Presence of God in Ministry, selected as the 2009 Book of the Year by the Academy of Parish Clergy. He regularly lectures and leads seminars and retreats on ministerial excellence, process spirituality and theology, contemporary spirituality, healing and wholeness, new spiritual movements, and emerging Christianity..  

Jeffrey Jones is actively involved in leadership both in the local congregation and the seminary. He has been a pastor in New York and New Jersey and a member of the national staff of the American Baptist Churches, USA. He is the author of several books, including Parenting with Love and Laughter: Finding God in Family Life. His newest book, Traveling Together: A Guide for Disciple-Forming Congregations will be published by the Alban Institute in January 2006. He received his D. Min. from Andover Newton in 2004.

Wilda K. W. (Wendy) Morris has taught Christian Education and other subjects for eleven years. She is the author of Stop the Violence! Educating Ourselves to Protect Our Youth. Her many publications include poetry and devotionals as well as articles related to Christian education, Biblical studies and church history. In 2003, she received the Luther Wesley Smith Award for Distinguished Service in Christian Higher Education, presented by the Board of Educational Ministries, American Baptist Churches/USA.

N. Graham Standish (www.blessedchurch.org) is the author of Humble Leadership (2007), Becoming the Blessed Church (2005) and numerous others books and articles in spirituality and spiritual direction. He is an adjunct professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, has served on the editorial board of Presence, the journal of Spiritual Directors International. He has a Ph.D. in formative spirituality from Duquesne University, a Master of Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master of Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He is husband of Diane, and the father of twin girls, Erin and Shea.

Tina Wray is the author of The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil’s Biblical Roots with Gregory Mobley; Surviving the Death of a Sibling: Living Through Grief When an Adult Brother or Sister Dies; and Grief Dreams: How They Help Heal Us After the Death of a Loved One. She is a member of The Society of Biblical Literature, the Tyndale Society, and the Biblical Archaeology Society. She received her D. Min. from Andover Newton in 2004.