Wayne Cordeiro is the founding pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii with over 11,500 in weekend attendance. New Hope is also listed as one of the top ten most innovative churches in America with Outreach Magazine listing them as one of the “top five churches to learn from.” Wayne is a church planter at heart with over 124 churches planted... learn more

Dr. Barry H. Corey became the eighth president of Biola University on July 1, 2007, officially launching the celebration of the university’s centennial year. He succeeded Clyde Cook, who retired as one of the longest-standing college presidents in the nation, serving Biola for 25 years. Programs developed under President Corey’s administration at Biola include the Biola University Center for Christian Thought; the Center... learn more

Debora M. Coty is a speaker, newspaper columnist, and award-winning author of over one hundred articles and numerous books including More Beauty, Less Beast: Transforming Your Inner Ogre, Too Blessed to be Stressed, Everyday Hope, and Mom NEEDS Chocolate. Debora has worked as an occupational therapist specializing in orthopedic hand injuries for over thirty years, taught piano for twenty years, and is active... learn more

Kate Crocco is a Confidence and Mindset Coach, writer, speaker, and the founder of The Confident Ladies Club™ Community. She is the author of Thinking Like a Boss (Baker Books), written to help women uncover and overcome the lies keeping them from success in business and life. She is also the host of the Thinking Like a Boss podcast, where she interviews incredible... learn more

Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Radio Host and Public Speaker With the voice and heart of an angel, Lisa Daggs has been delighting and encouraging audiences for over 25 years. Whether on a stage, behind the radio microphone, or one-on-one with her fans, Lisa courageously shares her own story of loss, redemption and hope to inspire everyone she meets. As a vocal performance artist Lisa... learn more

Mary Davis is an award-winning author of a dozen novels (both historical and contemporary), four novellas, two compilations, and three short stories. Mary has received several awards from Heartsong Presents, including: 2nd Place in Favorite Historical Romance (The Captain’s Wife), 10th Place in Favorite Historical Romance (Reckless Rogue), 7th Place in Overall Favorite Authors. Mary is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers,... learn more

Sara Davison holds a degree in English Literature from Queen’s University. She has written a monthly column for a major newspaper in her city, and has her own freelance editing company, Cutting Edge Editing Services. Her first romantic suspense novel, The Watcher, was the winner in the Word Alive Publishing contest in 2010. Davison has been a finalist for three national writing awards... learn more

Deb is an entrepreneur, and has owned her own leadership training and executive coaching practice for 18 years. She is an experienced speaker and more recently, an author. She is a featured writer for several print and online magazine with work appearing in Lifeway’s Mature Living Magazine, More to Life, WHOA Magazine and Dallas Family Magazine. She is a monthly columnist for Mature... learn more

If you don’t count the impromptu, on-the-fly rewrite of Little Red Riding Hood when he was about ten, Michael DeCamp began his creative writing adventure in his freshman English class at Muncie Southside High School. To fulfill his teacher’s language structure assignments, he would formulate grammatically accurate, yet weird and off-the-wall sentences. Inevitably, those sentences would end up scrolled across the chalkboard for... learn more

Shannon Deer, PhD, CPA, is the interim associate dean for undergraduate programs and a clinical assistant professor for Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. She is an award-winning professor who prepares experienced professionals in Texas A&M’s MBA programs for successful careers in business. She also conducts executive development training for leading companies. Dr. Deer’s research, included in this book, has been published... learn more