About the Authors

Name: Jay Sawrie

Age: 26

Personality: INTP.

Affiliation: Presbyterian (PCA)

About: Raised Missionary Baptist and a preachers kid. I’ve always been in church. Always knows I’m an absolute sinner who probably doesn’t know what I’m talking about. But God opened my eyes to how big His grace is. Member of the PCA. Working toward ordination but not yet ordained. Lover of hipster beers, Sporting KC, and Djarums. Boxing is my new hobby. Husband to Allyson. Primary Male Caretaker to Ellie the Dog aka Notorious D. O. G. Aka Doggo. Also a contributor for Christ Hold Fast

Favorite Musicians: Sho Baraka, Propaganda, JGivens, Sandra MCCracken, Red Mountain Church, Indelible Grace, Green Day, Dashboard Confessional, Iron and Wine, Civil Wars, Drake, Explosions in the Sky

Books: Most things by Flannery O Connor. Desiring  God, Great Divorce, Living in Gods Two Kingdoms, Juggling Kittens, Fahrenheit 451, Animal Farm, 1984, Lord of the Flies,

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Name: Hannah Conroy
Age: 28
Personality Type: INFJ
Theological Affiliation: ARP/PCA

About:
I’m a Philippines-raised American currently living in the southern US as I deal with health issues. I was born into a PCA family, am a member at an ARP Church, and currently listen to Reverend Elbert McGowan’s sermons from Redeemer PCA in Mississippi. I’m in a period of personal upheaval and it has been difficult in many ways; spiritually, my faith is jagged, but what is there is real. In other words, there are big areas of woundedness & questioning along with an awareness of Christ’s hold of me. My hobbies/interests/passions include: healthy eating, YouTube, walks in nature, yoga, humor, thinking through complex current issues, justice, and mental health.

Favorite Books Other Than The Bible:
– Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper
– Bouncing Back by Linda Graham
– Mara Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
– Something New by P G Wodehouse
– Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
– The Swan House by Elizabeth Musser
– When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
– and probably Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times by Soong-Chan Rah (once I read it)

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Name: Logan Dixon
Age: 28
Personality Type: INTJ (introversion, intuition, thinking, judgment)
Theological Affiliation: Cumberland Presbyterian

About:
I love Jesus. I’m married to the most beautiful woman in the world. With a great mixture of pain and pride, I live in Arkansas. I’ve got a dry sense of humor, and an incredible theological library that is never big enough. For the last 14 years, I’ve dedicated my life to serving Jesus in ministry through the preaching and teaching of the Word. I am also serving at the Pastor at Mars Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Pottsville, Arkansas.

Favorite Musicians: Ascend The Hill, Great Awakening, Wolves At The Gate, The Digital Age, Rivers & Robots, Andrew Peterson, Sovereign Grace Music, The Killers, America (yes, that band from the 70’s), Bob Dylan, basically every band that’s been influenced by U2, but is not actually U2.

Favorite Books Other Than The Bible:
– “Transforming Grace” by Jerry Bridges
– “Hannah’s Child: A Theological Memoir” by Stanley Hauerwas
– “Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis
– “A Grief Observed” by C.S. Lewis
– “Wild at Heart” by John Eldredge
– “The Octave of Redemption” by T. Austin Sparks
– “The Explicit Gospel” by Matt Chandler
– “Prototype” by Jonathan Martin
– “Easy Chairs, Hard Words” by Douglas Wilson
– “Joy at the End of the Tether” by Douglas Wilson
– “The Institutes of the Christian Religion” by John Calvin

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Name: Shawn Bowie (among other things)

Age: allegedly 23

Personality: INFP

Theological Affiliation: Baptist Missionary Association (BMA), confession- 1833 New Hampshire Confession of Faith

About: Agriculture educator, farmer, and youth director by day.

Favorite Musicians: Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Taylor Dodson, Trent Wagler, Vince Guaraldi, Jack White, Seasick Steve, Ludwig van Beethoven, and so on.

Favorite Books:
“Instruction for the Ignorant” by John Bunyan
“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens
“God Breathed” by Josh McDowell
“The Iceberg Hermit” by Arthur Roth
“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding
“The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
“The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien