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Mimi Patrick is a frequent contributor to MInistryToChildren.

Fr. Barnabas Powell is the priest at Sts. Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene Greek Orthodox Church in Cumming, GA. He founded Faith Encouraged Ministries in 2014, and was the host of the Faith Encouraged LIVE talk show on Ancient Faith Radio until January of 2019. He is a graduate of Toccoa...

Rev. David A. Peterson is an ordained Presbyterian pastor who has served congregations in Washington, Nevada, Michigan, and Texas. He is Pastor Emeritus of the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church in Houston. As Director of Community Outreach of The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, he serves as a point of connection between...

​​Eugene Peterson (1932-2018) was an American Presbyterian minister, scholar, theologian, author, and poet. He wrote over 30 books, including the Gold Medallion Book Award–winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (Navpress Publishing Group, 2002), an idiomatic paraphrasing commentary and translation of the Bible into modern American English using a...

Cornelius (Neal) Plantinga, Jr. is president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary. Neal was a professor at Calvin University (1979-1996), then Dean of the Chapel from 1996 to 2001; he served as president of Calvin Theological Seminary from 2001-2011. He then served as Senior Research Fellow at the Calvin Institute of...

Ian Pollock is an artist who has created many paintings depicting Jesus' parables. He went to the Royal College of Art, where he received a a Master of Arts Degree. Since leaving the Royal College of Art in the 1970s, Pollock has been at the forefront of contemporary British Illustration....

John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently What Is Saving...

Sr. Louis Mary Passeri (1932-2025), a Dominican Sister of Peace, ministered as an educator in Ohio and Pennsylvania schools for more than 50 years, and was a Religious Education Director in Lancaster, OH and a principal in Zanesville and Columbus. She served as a Spiritual Director for many years and...

Brian Michael Page is a Catholic composer who has served as music director and organist, and also directed music at local Catholic parishes. With over 200 pieces of music ranging in style from chant and polyphony to modern liturgical settings, Mr. Page acknowledges the influence of Alexander Peloquin and Richard...

Dr. Jeremy Perigo is Co-Director of Children's Worship Initiative, and Professor of Theology & Worship Arts, at Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA. He has served in a number of multicultural, local churches across many streams and denominations. He is a graduate of Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies,...