Priscilla Shirer is a BIBLE teacher. Through the expository teaching of the Word of God to women, her desire is to see women not only know the uncompromising truths of Scripture intellectually but experience them practically by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Priscilla is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary with a master's degree in Biblical Studies. She has been a conference ...

Susan Arico has worked with faith-based nonprofits for more than seven years. She has served as a consultant to organizations such as Prison Fellowship, The Salvation Army, Promise Keepers, Christian Management Association, American Bible Society, and others. Much of her work has centered on program development to benefit high-risk populations such as ex-prisoners, street ...

Frederica Mathewes-Green is a wide-ranging author whose work has appeared in such diverse publications as the Washington Post, Christianity Today, Smithsonian, the Los Angeles Times, First Things, Books & Culture, Sojourners, Touchstone, and the Wall Street Journal. She is a regular columnist for the multifaith web magazine Beliefnet.com, and she writes movie reviews for National ...

Angie Ward is Professor of Leadership, Education & Discipleship and Associate Dean at Capital Seminary & Graduate School. Angie is passionate about helping leaders and organizations realize their full potential. She has a unique ability to see how little details fit into the big picture, and the steps needed to move toward greater effectiveness. Angie is a Contributing Editor ...

Bonnie McMaken has a passion for serving the church, especially through the ministry of worship. She is one of the worship leaders at an evangelical Anglican church in the suburbs of Chicago and is deeply committed to the study and practice of worship as spiritual discipline and celebration for individuals and the church body.

Bonnie has also written for our sister site, ChristianBibleStudies.com ...

Sara Bentley works as a Chaplain at Alvin C. York Hospital, Murfreesboro, TN. Prior to chaplaincy, Sara served for 9 years in the church. Her experience includes working as the College Director at Lake Avenue Church (Pasadena, CA), the Young Adult Pastor at Christ Community Church (Milpitas, CA), and the Pastor of Spiritual Formation at Faith Community Church (Santa Cruz, ...

Rosalie de Rosset has been speaking to churches, adult Sunday school classes, book clubs, radio audiences, and conferences, for 25 years. She has served as a plenary and seminar speaker for writers' conferences and has spoken in chapel and led lectureships at various colleges. She has also spoken in Hawaii, New Zealand, Peru and Russia. She is a professor of Literature, English ...

Lauren F. Winner, the former book editor for Beliefnet, is the author of three books: Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, and most recently, Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity. She has appeared on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, and Christianity Today magazine. Her ...

Anita Carman knows a thing or two about new beginnings.

At the age of 17, following a childhood filled with emotional trauma and incredible challenges, Anita arrived in the United States to build a new life. Before coming to the states, Anita woke up on what she thought was a normal morning to find her world had unraveled in an instant: her mother took her own life.

Although ...