Peter Block is a bestselling author and the founder of Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops designed to build the skills outlined in his books. He is deeply involved in his community, including his local neighborhood council, and is director emeritus of Elementz, an urban arts center in Cincinnati.
Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is the author of dozens of books, including Sabbath as Resistance, A Gospel of Hope, and Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out.
John McKnight is emeritus professor of education and social policy and codirector of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University. He is the coauthor of Building Communities from the Inside Out and the author of The Careless Society.