Philip D. Kenneson has taught for over three decades at Milligan University where he teaches the capstone course for all seniors. He has also been part of The Ekklesia Project from the beginning and for over two decades has served in several leadership roles, including as the Director of the Congregational Formation Initiative. Debra Dean Murphy is Professor of Religious Studies and Co-Director of the Center for Restorative Justice at West Virginia Wesleyan College. She is the author of Teaching That Transforms: Worship as the Heart of Christian Education (Wipf & Stock), Happiness, Health, and Beauty: The Christian Life in Everyday Terms (Cascade). Stephen E. Fowl is President and Dean of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. A scholar of the New Testament, he has published numerous books and articles on the relationships between scriptural interpretation and the Christian life. Steve is an Episcopal lay person.
""The Shape of Our Lives is a careful, patient discussion of the ways we are formed as persons for a life together in the fullness of Christ. A simple but thorough guide into the assumptions that inhibit us from, and the ways that shape us towards, a richness of life we call church. In these times of disillusionment with church, there could not be a more timely book."" --David Fitch, Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary, Chicago