Leonard Sweet is a scholar of US American culture, a preacher, best-selling author, and a semiotician. He communicates the gospel with a signature bridging of the worlds of faith, academe, and popular culture. He has authored more than seventy books and over 1,500 published sermons. Len has held distinguished lectureships at various colleges, universities, and seminaries, and has presented academic papers before major professional societies. He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, state conventions, pastors' schools, and retreats. He resides on Orcas Island in the San Juans in Washington.

Lisa Samson seeks each day to bring healing, hope, and love to the planet. As a writer, she is a big fan of story and metaphor, seeking out signs, symbols, and songs, to help bring people into closer relationship with God, each other, and the earth. She has three grown children, a son-in-law she absolutely adores, a beloved grandson, and serves as a massage therapist in the Nashville area.