About the Authors
Shane Claiborne graduated from
Eastern University and performed graduate work at Princeton Seminary. His ministry
experience is varied, from a ten-week stint working alongside Mother Teresa in
Calcutta to a year spent serving a wealthy mega-congregation at Willow Creek
Community Church outside Chicago. During the recent war in Iraq, he spent three
weeks in Baghdad with the Iraq Peace Team. He is also a founding partner of the
Simple Way, a faith community in inner city Philadelphia. He writes and travels
extensively, speaking about peacemaking, social justice, and Jesus. He is
featured in the DVD series Another World Is Possible and is the author of the
several books, including The Irresistible
Revolution, Jesus for President,
and Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers.
His work has been featured in everything from Fox News and CNN to the Wall
Street Journal and National Public Radio.
Jonathan
Wilson-Hartgrove
is a celebrated spiritual author and sought-after speaker. A native of North
Carolina, he is a graduate of Eastern University and Duke Divinity School. In 2003
he and his wife founded the Rutba House, a house of hospitality where the
homeless are welcomed into a community that eats, prays, and shares life
together. He is also an associate minister at the historically black St. Johns
Missionary Baptist Church. An evangelical Christian who connects with the broad
spiritual tradition and its monastic witnesses, he is a leader in the New
Monasticism movement. He speaks often about emerging Christianity to churches
and conferences across the denominational spectrum, and he has given lectures
at dozens of universities. He is a complier of the celebrated Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary
Radicals and is the author of several books on Christian spirituality,
including The Awakening of Hope, The Wisdom of Stability, and The New Monasticism.
About Paul Michael Garcia
Paul Michael Garcia, an AudioFile Earphones Award winner and former company member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, received his classical training in theater from Southern Oregon University, where he worked as an actor, director, and designer.