Resource Authors

Laura James has worked as a professional artist and illustrator for over twenty-five years. Her areas of interest include sacred images from various religions, as well as women, families, and scenes of everyday life. Laura is the executive director of BX200: Bronx Visual Artists Director, and the author of two...

Aurelia Davila Pratt is the lead pastor at Peace of Christ Church in central Texas. She is a graduate of Baylor University and Truett Theological Seminary, and has contributed articles to Progressing Spirit, Good Faith Media, the Alliance of Baptists, Baptist Women in Ministry, the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious...

Rev. Dr. Judith Jones is Vicar at St. Stephen Episcopal Church in Newport, OR and St. Luke by the Sea Episcopal Church in Waldport, OR. She is a graduate of Emory University; The School of Theology, The University of the South; Princeton Theological Seminary; and, Point Loma College. After teaching...

Fr. Josh Johnson is the pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus, and vocations director for the Diocese of Baton Rouge, LA. He is a frequent contributor to Ascension Media. (Source: ascensionpress.com)

Rev. Trygve (pronounced: "trig-vee") Johnson is a pastor, theologian, writer, and preacher. He currently serves as the inaugural Executive Director of the PreachFor Foundation, and previously served as the Hinga-Boersma Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in Holland, MI. Trygve is ordained in the Reformed Church in America (RCA), preaches and...

Courtney Jacob joined ReFrame Ministries in 2006 and has been the producer of Groundwork since it began production in 2010. Prior to Groundwork, Courtney has served ReFrame Ministries in a variety of writing and production capacities, including managing the ReFrame Ministries prayer Team and producing The Back to God Hour,...

Fr. Benedict Jonak lives at Holy Cross Priory, Leicester, where he is Catholic chaplain to the city's two universities. (Source and photo: english.op.org)

Rev. David Jeremiah is the founder of Turning Point for God, the former pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, CA, and the author of multiple books. He is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and Cedarville University. (Source: davidjeremiah.org)

Julian of Norwich (c. 1343-c. 1416), also known as Juliana of Norwich, the Lady Julian, Dame Julian or Mother Julian, was an English anchoress of the Middle Ages. Her writings, now known as "Revelations of Divine Love," are the earliest surviving English-language works attributed to a woman. They are also the only surviving English-language works by an anchoress. (Source and image:...

St. John of the Cross OCD (1542-1591) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest, Christian mystic, and Carmelite friar of Converso ancestry. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and is known for his writings. He was mentored by and corresponded with the older Carmelite nun Teresa of Ávila. Both his poetry and his studies on the development of the soul, particularly...