Michelle is happily married and enjoys spending time with her husband Brian and their five children, Austin, Summer, Hope, Reagan, and Peyton. Although writing is her passion, she also works as a substitute teacher and a tax preparer. When she’s not busy running after the kids and working, she trains to compete in local 5k charity races. Writing is her main joy, however, as she believes the Lord has put the passion of writing in her heart to influence and help others using biblical principles in a modern-day language and voice. She lives in Evington, Va.

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Nancy Minsky is a concert pianist, vocal soloist, dramatist, composer, playwright, and writer for Christian and professional publications. She writes a monthly devotional newsletter, “Those Who Minister.” Nancy is a biblical counselor and ladies’ Bible teacher, certified in Precepts.

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After he received Jesus Christ as his Savior at 17, Randy Waters sensed the Lord call him for training in pastoral ministry. In 2007, he graduated from a Student Intern Program in Tennessee. He now serves as a customer service representative at a mail-order pharmacy during the week and Director of Kids Ministry at New Song Christian Fellowship in Murfreesboro, Tenn. on Sunday mornings.

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Randy Welch took early retirement twice from the technology industry, ending up as the Chief Information Officer for a municipality of over 200,000 people. He says that his job was taking too much time away from his writing. In addition to articles and reports written as part of his job, Randy has been published in magazines and has done considerable writing for websites.

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Roy Sassaman grew up in Kansas and was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. He later served as pastor at three churches in Kansas and one in Arizona. He also founded and directed The Joshua Ministries, through which he preached on a periodic basis at 21 churches in four states, conducted evangelistic meetings and Bible conferences, and spoke at seminars and weekend retreats. In addition, he served as a hospice chaplain in Arizona.

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Sandy Van Orden lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Jerry, and their eight-year-old daughter and six-year-old son. She loves Christ, her family, brownies and Fraiser re-runs (the last two preferably paired together!) Sandy writes worship songs, devotionals and instructional curriculum for her church. Passionate about and involved in many things - songwriting, writing, worship leadership and women's ministry - she is most proud of her roles as wife and mother.

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