Marilyn Haskel is a career church musician with more than thirty-five years experience working in parishes in West Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Texas, and California. She was chair of the Standing Commission on Church Music when it produced Wonder, Love, and Praise published by Church Publishing. Currently, she is Music Associate at Trinity Episcopal Church, Wall Street, New York City working at historic St. Paul’s Chapel, and she is a presenter with All Saints Company for their “Music That Makes Community” conferences.

John Bell is a preacher, teacher, and liturgical composer, living in Glasgow, Scotland. Influenced by frequent travels in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America, he has collaborated on more than 15 collections of songs and octavos, and a wide range of liturgical materials, particularly for use by lay people.