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Nichole Nordeman is a Christian recording artist and songwriter with numerous number-one and top ten singles to her credit and cumulative CD sales of over one million. A two-time Gospel Music Association winner for Female Vocalist of the Year, she has won a total of nine Dove Awards. She lives with her family in Oklahoma.

Shauna Niequist is the author of Cold Tangerines, Bittersweet, Bread & Wine and Savor. She is married to Aaron, and they have two wild and silly and darling boys, Henry and Mac. They live outside Chicago, where Aaron leads The Practice and is recording a project called A New Liturgy. Shauna also writes for the Storyline Blog, and for IF:Table, she is a member of the Relevant podcast, and a guest teacher at her church. Shauna’s three great loves are her family, dinner parties, and books, and she believes that vulnerable storytelling, hard laughter, and cold pizza for breakfast can cure almost anything.

Jen Hatmaker is the author of the New York Times bestseller Of Mess and Moxie (plus twelve other books) and the host of the For the Love! with Jen Hatmaker podcast. She and her husband, Brandon, founded the Legacy Collective and also starred in the popular series My Big Family Renovation on HGTV. Jen is a mom to five, a sought-after speaker, and a delighted resident of Austin, Texas, where she and her family are helping keep Austin weird.

Patsy Clairmont is a popular speaker, a coauthor of various Women of Faith devotionals, and the author of such best-selling books as "God Uses Cracked Pots" and "Sportin' a 'Tude." She and her husband live in Brighton, Michigan.

Since her 2005 breakout RIAA Gold certified album Awaken, multi-Grammy nominated artist Natalie Grant has remained one of the top-selling Christian and Gospel artists with over 3 million in sales. The Gospel Music Association has named her the Female Vocalist of the Year five times, and she has had multiple songs and albums on the Billboard charts. More important than accolades, her passion is to help people across the globe discover their God-given calling and encourage them to live it out to the fullest potential. An outspoken advocate for victims of human trafficking, Grant cofounded Hope for Justice International a multinational organization that rescues and provides complete restorative care for victims of trafficking. Grant makes her home in Nashville, with her husband producer, and songwriter, Bernie Herms, and their three children: twins Grace and Bella and their youngest, Sadie. Follow Natalie at www.nataliegrant.com

Sara Groves is a mom, wife, singer/ songwriter and recording artist with a passion for justice and a heart of mercy. She has joined forces with International Justice Mission to advocate for victims of human trafficking for the past 8 years. Sara has been nominated for 7 Dove Awards and has produced a string of successful albums including her latest, Floodplain, which was inspired by the Mississippi River in her hometown, and speaks of God's provision. Sara, her husband Troy, and their 3 children (Kirby, Toby & Ruby) reside in St. Paul where they cultivate an artist support community out of a 100-year-old church called Art House North.

Elizabeth "Ellie" Holcomb is an American CCM-folksinger-songwriter raised in Nashville, Tennessee.[3] Her father is noted music producer Brown Bannister, and she was a member of Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, whose front man is her husband Drew. They met while in school at the University of Tennessee together. Holcomb began her musical career with Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors in 2005, and she started her individual career pursuit in 2011. In 2011, she released the Magnolia EP, which charted on numerous Billboard charts on September 10, 2011. Her second EP entitled With You Now did not come out until 2013, and this album peaked at No. 7 on the Christian Albums chart, which happened on September 7, 2013. Holcomb released her debut studio album on the Full Heart Music label on February 18, 2014, entitled As Sure as the Sun, which has garnered critical praise. She was awarded Best New Artist at the 2014 GMA Dove Awards. Following the success of As Sure as the Sun, Ellie Holcomb released her second full-length album, Red Sea Road on January 27, 2017.

"The Mom Creative" is the blogging home of Jessica Turner. Jessica wears many hats in addition to her mommy one: wife, friend, scrap-booker, marketing professional, sister, daughter... you get the idea. "The Mom Creative" is Jessica's escape, where she discusses a variety of topics that interest her including navigating motherhood, scrapbooking, faith, product reviews and frugality. She believes that life is sweeter when creativity is infused into it. Some days that creativity might be scrapbooking and other days it is finding ways to stretch her family's budget. Jessica and her husband, Matthew, live in Nashville, Tenn., with their 11-month-old son, Elias. She loves connecting with other moms in social media (especially on Twitter!), is Southwest Airlines' official mommy blogger and a teacher for Big Picture Scrapbooking.