Authors

James Calvin Schaap taught literature and writing at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, for 37 years before retiring in 2012. He has published many short stories and several novels, including Romey's Place, In the Silence There Are Ghosts, The Secrets of Barneveld Calvary, and Touches the Sky, as well as two books of meditations, Sixty at Sixty and Honest to God. His publications within the CRC are numerous, including Our Family Album: The Unfinished Story of the CRC. New River Press (MN) is releasing a new collection of stories titled Up the Hill in August. He just finished six years on the CRC's Racial Relations Advisory Committee​. He and his wife, Barbara, live in the country just outside of Alton, Iowa.

Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon is the executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace and an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, CNN, Chicago Tribune, Christianity Today, Leadership Magazine, The Christian Post, Jerusalem Post, EU Parliament Magazine, Huffington Post, and other international media outlets.

Cassandra Carmichael, Executive Director, National Religious Partnership for the Environment

Austin Channing Brown's journey as a racial reconciler began in college with an experience called Sankofa-- a three-day bus trip exploring Civil Rights sites throughout the South. She was never the same. Now she has the pleasure of collaborating with various Christian ministries who are moving forward a vision of racial reconciliation and socioeconomic understanding. Her day job is working as a Resident Director and Multicultural Liaison for Calvin College. Whether speaking, training, facilitating dialogue or planning strategies, she loves the messy work of reconciliation.