Neale Donald Walsch is a modern day spiritual messenger whose words continue to touch the world in profound ways. With an early interest in religion and a deeply felt connection to spirituality, Neale spent the majority of his life thriving professionally, yet searching for spiritual meaning before beginning his now famous conversation with God. His With God series of books has been translated into 34 languages, touching millions of lives and inspiring important changes in their day-to-day lives.

In addition to authoring the renowned With God series, Neale has published 16 other works, as well as a number of video and audio programs. Available throughout the world, each of the CwG dialogue books has made the New York Times Bestseller list, Conversations with God-Book 1 occupying that list for over two and half years.

David Sewell McCann fell in love with spinning stories in first grade — the day a storyteller came to his class and captured his mind and imagination. He has been engaged in storytelling all of his adult life through art, film-making, teaching and performing. Out of his experience as a Waldorf class teacher and parent, he has developed a method of intuitive storytelling through freedom and trust, which he now shares through workshops and through his website www.sparklestories.com. He lives in Charlotte, VT with his wife and 2 sons.

A graduate of Smith College, Katrina Kenison spent many years working in publishing, first as an in-house editor at Houghton Mifflin Company in New Haven, New York, and Boston, and then, from 1990 through 2006, working from home as the series editor of The Best American Short Stories. She also co-edited, with John Updike, The Best American Short Stories of the Century. She is the author of Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry. With her yoga teacher, Rolf Gates, she wrote Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, and with Kathleen Hirsch she co-edited an anthology of short stories about motherhood, Mothers: Twenty Stories of Contemporary Motherhood.

Her writing has appeared in O The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Country Journal, Family Circle, Redbook, and other publications.

Katrina lives in the New Hampshire countryside with her husband, sons, and their faithful border collie, Gracie.

Lynn Jericho has grounded her work as a writer, personal counselor and speaker in many years of psychospiritual research inspired by Rudolf Steiner. She is known for making Steiner’s work juicy, alive and intimate. Lynn was a pioneer parent at the Waldorf School of Princeton and a founder of Familyborn – A Center for Birth and Women’s Health also in Princeton, NJ. Now she is loving the experience of being a grandmother. Her personal site is lynnjericho.com and she is the developer and guide for Inner Christmas, the celebration of the Twelve Holy Nights at www.innerchristmas.com.

Jennifer Tan is a very multi-talented fiber artist, musician, aromatherapist, and homeschooling mom of three children. She owns Gosh Yarn It! webstore and sells her amazing goods there and at her site Syrendell. Featured on HGTV’, Jennifer’s creativity in many areas pour out into her Waldorf-inspired schooling and wonderful creations. Her family’s homeschooling blog is www.syrendell.blogspot.com and www.thewaldorfway.blogspot.com.

Melisa Nielsen & her family have walked the Waldorf road for many years. She started homeschooling back in the days when there were not many options for curriculum, so she began writing her own and later published her work in a continuing series called “A Journey through Waldorf Homeschooling”. Melisa and her husband Erik feel very strongly that Steiner’s work is inspired and should be available to anyone who wishes it. They have a strong commitment to the Waldorf homeschooling community. Their work is internationally known and used by homeschooling families as well as teachers. You can visit them at www.alittlegardenflower.com.

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