Bob Critteneden

Best-selling author Wanda Brunstetter shared about some of the ways that Christians can integrate some principles of simplicity into our lives, based on the practices of the Amish. Her latest book is "The Tattered Quilt: The Return of the Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club". Her website address is www.wandabrunstetter.com

From the 2013 Annual Conference of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors in Prattville, Candise Farmer, Founder of Enough Grace Ministries shared about her own life story and challenges, forming the basis for the book, "Green Pastures of a Barren Land: Finding Contentment in Life's Desolate Seasons". Learn more at www.enoughgraceministries.com.

Heath Lambert, Executive Director of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (now the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors), discussed the concept of Nouthetic, or Biblical, counseling and shared from his own experience. The conversation took place at the NANC 2013 Annual Conference at East Memorial Baptist Church in Prattville. Learn more at www.biblicalcounseling.com.

Brian Fisher, Co-Founder and President of Online for Life, discussed the mission and purpose of that ministry and the partnership with musical artist John Elefante to produce a video to his pro-life song, "This Time". Find out more at www.onlineforlife.org.

Musical artist John Elefante discussed some aspects of his career as lead singer for Kansas and producer, with brother Dino, of Petra and other artists. His latest album, "On My Way to the Sun", includes a pro-life song called, "This Time", a video of which has been made in partnership with the ministry of Online for Life. Learn about John at www.johnelefante.com. The Online for Life website is www.onlineforlife.org.

Jeremy Courtney, Co-Founder and the Executive Director of the Preemptive Love Coalition, assisting in health care for children in Iraq, discussed some of the work of his organization and material based on his book, "Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time." Find out more by visiting www.preemptivelove.org

Christian musical artist Jimmy Needham described the concept of and the process the went into making "The Hymns Sessions, Volume 1", his latest release. He also related his approach to a number of the hymns included on the project. For more information, go to www.jimmyneedham.com.

Terry Veazey, an evangelist based in Montgomery, Alabama, reported from Kolkata, India, as he was concluding ministry there and preparing to go to Bangladesh and then to Nepal. To learn more about Terry's ministry, go to www.terryveazey.org.

Richard Blackaby, Dan Celia, Chris Sicks, Brad Swiger, Rebecca St. James, Ted Cunningham

Christian musical artist, author and speaker Shannon Perry shared about some of the issues that affect young people, based on material found in her book, "The Overlooked Generation: Parenting Teens and Tweens in a Complicated Culture". Learn more at Shannon's website at www.shannonperry.com.