These 15 articles were chosen by Testamentum Imperium Founder Kevaughn Mattis with Michael G. Maness from among 163 articles published in the 2011 online journal. Each author was chosen for their expertise and decades of experience in the practice of pastoral care in their unique fields. How the practicality of grace applies in suicide, sex addiction, sexual assault, shame, hospital or prison chaplaincy, even in eschatology and forgiveness is covered by these veterans in the field. The articles touch a broad scope of affliction from physical to moral dilemmas. And part of the choice was not to find from the 163 those who see eye-to-eye. We desired to share the unique expertise. Each author is a weathered captain who has ferried souls across tumultuous waves of grief, confusion, self-control, and internal torment to a port of healing and peaceful victory.

With contributions from:

Peter Lillback
Glenn R. Kreider
Terry Ann Smith
Timothy J. Demy
Patricia Cuyatti Chavez
Leon Harris
Christopher D. Surber
Keith A. Evans
Alan M. Martin
LaVerne Bell-Tolliver
John DelHousaye
Enrique Ramos
Sabrina N. Gilchrist
D. J. Louw