Christine Bodewes (spiritual journey) is a human rights attorney practicing law among the urban poor of East St. Louis, Ilinois.

The Rev. Dr. Wyvetta Bullock (speaker) is a native of Philadelphia, Tennessee. She's an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and serves the national church as Executive for Leadership Development in the Office of the Presiding Bishop. Wyvetta has traveled throughout the world on behalf of her denomination and writes for many of its publications. In 2002, she founded “Equipping Leaders Ministries,” of which she is the CEO.

Dr. Brad Braxton (speaker) is an Associate Professor of Preaching and New Testament at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. Brad is a Baptist minister and former Rhodes Scholar, whose books include Preaching Paul and No Longer Slaves: Galatians and African American Experience.

Jason Byassee (reflections) received his Ph.D. in theology from Duke University and is currently Assistant Editor at The Christian Century, where he has won numerous awards for excellence in journalism. He is author of Reading Augustine and An Introduction to the Desert Fathers, as well as Praise Seeking Understanding: Augustine's Enarrationes en Psalmos and The Christological Schooling of Biblical Exegesis. He has been invited to teach courses to undergraduates, seminarians, and graduate students at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, North Park Theological Seminary, and Wheaton College.

The Rev. Johnpaul Cafiero (spiritual journey) is a former New York City policeman who became a Franciscan Friar. He lives in Chicago and is a chaplain to the Illinois State Police.

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Tony Campolo (speaker) is an American Baptist minister and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern College in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He is founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, an organization that provides resources and support for “at risk” children in the United States and Canada.

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Christine Chakoian (reflections) is Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Lake Forest, Illinois. She previously served as Pastor of Community Presbyterian Church in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, and as Associate Pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago. In addition to her congregational leadership, she has led numerous retreats and published a variety of articles.

Dr. Forrest Church is a writer, historian, minister, and theologian. As the son of U.S. Senator Frank Church of Idaho, he was raised in a political family, and questions about the intersection of religion and government have been a life-long pursuit. Forrest earned his doctorate in Early Church history from Harvard University and served almost three decades as Senior Minister of All Souls Church in New York City. He's the author or editor of more than twenty books, including a new book called “So Help Me God: The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle Over Church and State.”
 

Joan Chittister, O.S.B., (speaker) is member of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania, and Executive Director of BenetVision, a resource center for contemporary spirituality. She travels worldwide to speak about spirituality, peace, and the role of women in the Roman Catholic church. Sr. Joan has appeared annually on 30 Good Minutes since 1991.

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Rabbi Paul Cohen (speaker) is a native of Chicago and is rabbi of Temple Jeremiah in north suburban Northfield, Illinois. After receiving his rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio, Rabbi Cohen served as the student rabbi for the United Hebrew Congregation in Ft. Smith, Arkansas and the auxiliary chaplain at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. He has also served congregations in Virginia and Maine. Rabbi Cohen is currently chair of the Rabbinic Advisory Committee of Olin-Sang Ruby Union Institute, sits on the board of the Chicago Association of Reform Rabbis and is a member of the Winnetka Interfaith Council, and the North Shore Fellowship of Rabbis.

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John Matt Dorn (spiritual journey) is a psychiatrist and professional photographer who recenlty moved from Chicago to Maine.

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The Rev. Patricia Farris, (speaker) Senior Minister of First United Methodist Church of Santa Monica, California, says the future of the world depends on people of faith leading the way to embracing the diversity of our creation in God's image.

Martha Foster (spiritual journey) is founder and Executive Director of Living Earth Television, where her mission is to promote peace and understanding between cultures.

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The Rev. Eugenia Gamble (speaker) was born and raised a Southern Belle. She was ordained to ministry in the Presbyterian Church and served for nine years as senior pastor of the historic First Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Eugenia is a writer, teacher, speaker and poet. Currently she serves as Director of Spiritual Development for the First Presbyterian Church of San Luis Obispo, California.

Ronne Hartfield (spiritual journey) is a writer and arts adminstrator from Chicago, now retired from positions at Urban Gateways and The School of the Art Institute, where she was dean of students.

Terry Hershey (speaker) has served as a Protestant minister, and is now a writer and landscape designer on Vashon Island in Puget Sound. Hershey writes about being intoxicated with this world. Terry's eighth book, Sacred Necessities for People Who Love Live (Ave Maria), celebrates life by hearing the music, not just playing the right notes. His gardens and books have been featured in Pacific Northwest Magazine (Seattle Times), Seattle Homes and Lifestyle, and the Tacoma News Tribune. He speaks throughout the United States and Canada on relationships and spirituality and gardening.

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Grace Imathiu, (reflections) from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was born in Kenya and raised in the city of Nairobi. She is an ordained elder in the Methodist Church of Kenya and has served in congregations in Kenya, Washington, Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin. As a preacher and Bible study teacher, Grace has ministered in Germany, Denmark, Australia, Malaysia, Brazil and England, as well as the United States. She is tha author of Words of Fire, Spirit of Grace and Matthew's Message: Good News for the New Millennium.
 

Gordon Imrie (spiritual journey) is a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Hinsdale, Illinois.
 

John Killinger (speaker) is a Congregational minister, writer, and teacher. He taught at Vanderbilt University for 15 years and has pastored churches in Virginia, California and Michigan. John is the author of more than 50 books.

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At the age of ten, Eva Kor (spiritual journey) and her twin sister were taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where they were the victims of Dr. Mengele's human medical experiments. Although she and here sister survived the Holocaust, her family did not. Fifty years later, Eva returned to Auschwitz on the anniverary of its liberation and publicly forgave her torturer. She is the founder of the C.A.N.D.L.E. Holocaust Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Holocaust Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana

Ramaa Krishnan (spiritual journey) was born in India and raised in Mumbai. She arrived in the US in 1998 and embarked on a project of integrating the intellectual strengths of the West with the intuitive gifts of the East. She founded Full Bloomed Lotus, where she teaches meditation, Kundalini Yoga, and lessons in self-awareness.

Website: fullbloomedlotus.com

Alison Lighthall (spiritual journey) is founder of "Hand 2 Hand Contact" an organization whose mission is to educate civilians across America about the psychosocial impact of war on the returning service members, and to assist American communities in understanding, supporting, and reintegrating our Veterans.

John Lionberger (spiritual journey) is the founder of Renewal in the Wilderness, which offers spiritual retreats in nature for adults.

Paddy Lynn (spiritual journey) She portrays Emily Dickinson in a one-woman show that reveals how her poetry is very much like prayer.

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Thomas Long is a Presbyterian Church (USA) minister and the Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. His research interests are homiletical theory and biblical preaching. He also writes for The Christian Century and The Journal of Preachers and is a popular preacher in pulpits around the world.
 

When the tragedy of 9|11 happened, The Rev. Daniel Matthews (speaker) was a few blocks away at Trinity Episcopal Church, where he was the rector. Their Chapel, across the street from Ground Zero, was miraculously spared in the destruction and became the spiritual center for many thousands of rescue workers, mourners, and people from around the world. Dan was born in Chicago and in high school moved to North Carolina. He spent the first half of his of ministry in Tennessee and Georgia, before moving to New York City in 1987, where he led the people of Trinity Church Wall Street until his retirement in 2003.

Dr. Howard Macy (speaker) serves as Professor of Religion and Biblical Studies at George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, where he has taught since 1990, specializing in the Old Testament and in spiritual formation. Howard is also a widely traveled public minister and an author. He has spoken at many local churches, retreats, and denominational conferences. His recent books include Stepping in the Light: Life in Joy and Power (Friends United Press) and Laughing Pilgrims: Humor and the Spiritual Journey (Paternoster Press). An earlier book, Rhythms of the Inner Life: Yearning for Closeness with God (Cook), blends themes from the Psalms and Christian spirituality. Howard is deeply involved in the worship and music ministries of Newberg Friends Church, both in planning and helping to lead in worship.

Robert McClory, (spiritual journey) Robert McClory is a professor emeritus at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and the author of As It was in the Beginning: The Coming Democratization of the Catholic Church; Faithful Dissenters: The Stories of Men and Women Who Loved and Changed the Church; and Power and the Papacy.

Tom McGrath, (reflections) is Vice President of Product Development for Loyola Press, publishers of the Finding God in All Things religious education program. Tom is most recently the co-creator, with Bret Nicholaus, of The Meal Box: Fun Questions and Family Faith Tips to Get Mealtime Conversations Cookin'.

Julio Medina (spiritual journey & speaker) was arrested as a teenager for selling drugs, leading to a 12-year prison sentence. During these years, Mr. Medina obtained his bachelor=s degree from the State University of New York at Albany and Masters of Professional Studies from the New York Theological Seminary. In September 1996, he was released from prison and began work as a counselor with substance addicted and HIV/AIDS affected individuals. In 1999, Mr. Medina obtained funding to form the Exodus Transitional Community (ETC), a safe haven where ex-offenders seek help and support. ETC seeks to address the needs of men and women reintegrating into society from prison. ETC has already assisted over 1,200 released men and women in transition.

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The Rev. Martha Ross-Mockaitis is an ordained Presbyterian Pastor serving as Director of Children's Ministries at Winnetka Presbyterian Church. She has 3 sons and is an avid knitter and sewer.

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Benjamin Reaves (speaker) is a minister in the Seventh-day Adventist Church and Vice President of Ministries for Adventist Health System. Previously he was President of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama. Ben has appeared on 30 Good Minutes annually since 1989.

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Retired nuclear energy exexutive Cordell Reed (Spiritual Journey) grew up in a Chicago South Side housing project and moved on to a remarkable career in Chicago's corporate and civic communities. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Chicago Sunday Evening Club and the Chicago Community Trust.
 

The Rev. Juan Reed (Spiritual Journey) is Vicar of St. Martin Episcopal Church on the West Side of Chicago, a progressive African-American church for whom social justice is deeply linked to spirituality.
 

Denise Roy, (Spiritual Journey) LMFT, M.Div., is an author, a psychotherapist, a popular speaker, and a mother. She speaks to thousands of people each year at schools, churches, and community organizations nationwide on parenting, spirituality, peacemaking and women's issues.Her new book, "Momfulness: Mothering with Mindfulness, Compassion, and Grace" (Jossey-Bass), was released in March 2007.

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After law school at Wake Forest University, the Rev. Susan Sparks (speaker) embarked on a ten-year career as a trial lawyer before leaving the courtroom to travel the world. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and volunteered with Mother Teresa’s mission in Calcutta while discovering a call to ordained ministry, putting herself through seminary by moonlighting as a stand-up comedian. As she admits, it might not be a normal career path, but it prepared her to become pastor of Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City, where she is the first woman to serve in the church’s 160-year history. Susan is a well-known motivational speaker specializing in the healing power of humor.

Michael Siegel (reflections) is Senior Rabbi of Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago and is a leader in the Jewish community locally and nationally. He first appeared on 30 Good Minutes in 2003.

The Reverend Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite (speaker) is the 11th president of Chicago Theological Seminary, associated with the United Church of Christ. She was professor of theology at CTS for 16 years and served as director of the Ph.D. center for five years. She is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ since 1974 and a prolific writer. Susan is the author or editor of twelve books, has been a translator for two different translations of the Bible, and is a weekly contributor to On Faith, a conversation on religion at WashingtonPost.com.