Rose Brennan is the editor of the Fairfield County Catholic, the monthly newspaper of the Diocese of Bridgeport. She is also a founding member of Catholic203, the diocese’s hub for young adult ministry. A writer by day and prayer shawl maker by night, she lives in southern Connecticut.

Professor, Texas A&M University.

David B. Parker is professor of history at Kennesaw State University, where he teaches courses on, among other things, Georgia history and American religion. He has written on columnist Bill Arp, evangelist Sam Jones, novelist Marian McCamy Sims, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," the American carpet industry, the history of the word "y'all," and the presidential oath of office, among other topics. He edited, with John D. Fowler, Breaking the Heartland: The Civil War in Georgia (2011).