Wanda Scott Bledsoe is an author and inspirational speaker. She has written daily devotions for her church, is the author of a faith-based job search manual, is Director of Women's Ministries at her church, and is a spiritual mentor for women. Wanda and her husband of over thirty years reside in southern California. James Henry Harris is Distinguished Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology and a research scholar in religion and humanities at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University. He also serves as chair of the theology faculty and pastor of Second Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia. He is a former president of the Academy of Homiletics and recipient of the Henry Luce Fellowship in Theology. He is the author of numerous books, including Beyond the Tyranny of the Text and Black Suffering: Silent Pain, Hidden Hope (Fortress Press, 2020).
