Contributors C O N TR I B U TO R S
DEBRA MOFFITT
(“Do the Right Thing,”
page 14) is an author
who leads workshops
and retreats on
writing, creativity, and
spirituality—both in
the United States
and in the Swiss and
French Alps, where
she lives. She is on the
faculty of the Esalen
Institute and the Sophia
Institute. In addition,
Moffitt hosts Divinely
Inspired Living on Unity
Media Network. Visit
CHERYL RUSSELL
(“Celebrating
Uncertainty,” page
26) is a freelance
writer, children’s
book author, blogger,
certified laughter
leader, and the
executive director
of Imagination Now
(imaginationnow
.org), a nonprofit
organization Russell
founded in 2012 to
teach children to
believe in the power
of imagination. Visit
cherylarussell.com.
REV. THOMAS
SHEPHERD, D.MIN.
(“May Rowland,” page
34), former professor
of theology and church
history at Unity
Institute® and Seminary,
writes the “Good
Questions” column in
Unity Magazine. Dr.
Tom, as he is known
around Unity Village,
has written several
Many Faces of Prayer
(Unity Books, 2013)
and Jesus 2. 1 (Unity
Books, 2010).
MALLORY HERRMANN
(“Warrior for Joy,”
page 18) is a writer and
editor who lives in the
Kansas City, Missouri,
area. She is a certified
laughter yoga leader
and has a graduate
certificate from the
Denver Publishing
Institute. Her work
Unity Magazine, Career
College Central, and the
Lee’s Summit Tribune.
Visit her online at
malloryherrmann.com.
GREGG BRADEN
(“Humanity’s New
Story,” page 12) is the
author of 12 books
(five of them New York
Times best-sellers),
including Human by
Design (Hay House,
2017). This past year,
Braden was nominated
for the prestigious
Templeton Award,
which honors those
who expand our vision
of human purpose and
ultimate reality. Visit
greggbraden.com.
NEALE DONALD
WALSCH
is the author of
nine books in the
Conversations With
God series, which have
sold more than 10
million copies in 37
languages. Of his nearly
30 books, eight have
been on the New York
Times best-sellers list.
An excerpt of his latest
book, Conversations
With God, Book 4:
Awaken the Species, is
excerpted on page 30.
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