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LAURA BUSSE is a dynamic speaker, certified grief educator, spiritual coach, and podcaster who expertly overlaps biblical truths with practical strategies for healing and growth. She is the founder of The 3 O’Clock Wake Up Call, a nonprofit ministry growing gratitude to God around the globe every day at 3:00 p.m. Laura also supports people in bereavement, specializing in traumatic loss, suicide postvention, spiritual formation, resilience training, and post-traumatic growth.
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MARY FRANCES BOWLEY is the Founder of Wellspring Living, an organization fighting childhood sexual abuse and exploitation since 2001. She has been a leader in bringing the fight against child sex-trafficking to Atlanta and is a founding member of the Georgia Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force. Mary Frances is the author of The White Umbrella and A League of Dangerous Women. She resides in Peachtree City with her husband, Dick.
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AMANDA CLEARY EASTEP is an award-winning children’s author and a book editor. She works in a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina, but she has lived most of her life in the suburbs of Chicago, the home of the Tree Street Kids. Amanda and her husband, together, have eight grown children and a border collie named Annie who wakes Amanda up early every morning to write.
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ASHERITAH CIUCIU is a bestselling author, national speaker, and host of the Prayers of REST podcast. Asheritah is the author of many books, including Full, Prayers of Rest, and Unwrapping the Names of Jesus. A Romanian missionary kid, she's passionate about helping people around the world enjoy Jesus through creative spiritual habits. Asheritah is married to her high school sweetheart, and together they raise their three spunky kiddos in NE Ohio. Discover your creative devotional type at delightinginjesus.com.
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MAGGIE COMBS is a wife, mom of three busy boys, writer, and speaker. When motherhood overwhelmed her, God drew her closer to Himself through the writing of her first book, Unsupermommy: Release Expectations, Embrace Imperfection, and Connect to God's Superpower. You may have seen her before at The Gospel Coalition, Risen Motherhood, Revive Our Hearts True Woman Blog, The Journeywomen Podcast, and more.
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KORI DE LEON is the founder of Adoring Christ Ministries, a teaching ministry devoted to reaching women through the local church, online resources, books, and speaking engagements. She graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological seminary with a master of arts in theology. Kori lives in Houston with her husband Bobby and daughter Jade. To find out more about her testimony and ministry, please visit www.adoringchrist.org.
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LIANNA DAVIS is a student of the Word with a B.A. in Ministry to Women from Moody Bible Institute. She and her husband, Tyler, reside outside of Dallas, Texas and have two dear daughters, one who lives in heaven and one who lives on earth. More of her writing can be found at www.liannabdavis.com.
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JOHN GRECO is a writer, editor, and Bible geek who, this moment, if it’s not too late in the day, is probably reaching for another cup of coffee. He’s also a husband, a father, and the author of several books for adults and children. His favorite book is the one he’s working on right now.
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PAUL GUTACKER is a historian who lives in Waco, Texas. Since 2018, Paul, his wife, Paige, and their four children have been enjoying life with the Brazos Fellows, a community that studies, prays, eats, and discerns together. When he’s not teaching, he loves sharing in favorite pastimes with his kids: cooking, fishing, reading, and rooting on the Buffalo Bills.
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S. CRAIG GLICKMAN (BA, Southern Methodist University; ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary) earned a doctorate in biblical studies and philosophy at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Southern Methodist University School of Law. He was an instructor at Dallas Theological Seminary from 1974 to 1978 and is the author of Solomon’s Song of Love.
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CHRISTINE HUNTER (1910–1988) attended a teacher training college in Liverpool, England, where she married John Hunter. They both taught in Carlisle and later at a village school in Atworth. Born as Maud Lilly Wheeler, she adopted the pen name of Christine Hunter and became a well-known Christian writer. She befriended Gladys Aylward, who frequently stayed with the Hunters and told stories of her missionary work.
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MIKE HANDLER serves as the Chief Innovation Officer for Awana. Prior to Awana, Mike was a pastor, a church planter as well as the principle of a creative agency. Mike is a coauthor of Resilient and the cofounder of the Child Discipleship Forum. Now in the Nashville area, Mike and his family are originally from Chicagoland and miss the food there.
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TINA HOLLENBECK is a Jesus-follower, wife, mother, and homeschool advocate. She and her husband educated each of their children at home from birth through high school graduation. Tina owns The Homeschool Resource Roadmap, a free database that describes thousands of homeschool-oriented learning options. She also mentors homeschooling parents, aiming to help them see that they are designed and equipped for the task.
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ELIZABETH INRIG (B.S., M.A., Dallas Theological Seminary; D. Min., Trinity International University) is Pastor of Women of Trinity Ministries, and oversees 12 ministries including Leadership Development, Internship, Bible Studies, and Special Events for women. Elizabeth is author of Release Your Potential: Using Your Gifts in a Thriving Women’s Ministry. Elizabeth is married to Gary, senior pastor of Trinity Church. Together they have three married children and seven grandchildren.
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IRVING L. JENSEN (B.A., Wagner College; S.T.B., Biblical Seminary; Th.D., Northwestern Theological Seminary), was professor and chairman of the department of Bible at Bryan College, Dayton, Tennessee, and the author of numerous books, including the entire Bible Self-Study Series; Jensen's Survey of the Old Testament; Jensen's Survey of the New Testament; Jensen's Bible Study Charts; Acts: An Inductive Study; Independent Bible Study; and How to Profit from Bible Reading.
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RYAN LISTER is a professor of theology at Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of The Presence of God: Its Place in the Story of Scripture and the Story of Our Lives and serves as Director of Doctrine & Discipleship for Humble Beast, where he helped start the Canvas Conference. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Chase, and their four children.
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