Mary C. Earle

Mary C. Earle is an Episcopal priest, poet, author, spiritual director and retreat leader. Until her retirement, she taught classes in spirituality for the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. Mary has authored nine books; the subjects include the spirituality of living with illness, rule of life, Celtic Christian spirituality, the Desert Mothers, and…

John Philip Newell

John Philip Newell is a poet, a scholar and a teacher. Formerly Warden of Iona Abbey in the Western Isles of Scotland, he is currently Writer Theologian for the Scottish Cathedral of the Isles as well as Companion Theologian for the American Spirituality Centre of Casa del Sol in New Mexico. He is internationally acclaimed…

Gordon Atkinson

Gordon Atkinson is the artist in residence and Tower Guard of the Wizard Academy in Austin, Texas. As it turns out, that is a real place and thing that a person can be. Years ago Gordon was the pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in San Antonio. During that time he was the writer behind the…

Katerina Katsarka Whitley

Katerina Katsarka was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. Two events shaped her psyche—the sadness of war and the long illness and early death of her mother. The strength of faith that also runs through the years of her life originated in a loving, highly verbal, extended family, and the faith of the house church of her…