Paul McLaughlin (PsyD, George Fox University) graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a bachelor’s degree in religious studies and a minor in philosophy. He received a master’s degree in theology and Christian ministry from Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, before obtaining a doctorate in clinical psychology from George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.

McLaughlin has coauthored several published journal articles to include his dissertation in the Journal of Positive Psychology. His research interests include the integration of psychology, religion and spirituality, depth psychology, and positive psychology. He is currently a licensed clinical psychologist in Salem, Oregon. 

Mark McMinn (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is faculty emeritus and scholar-in-residence at George Fox University. McMinn is a licensed psychologist in Oregon, a fellow and former president of APA’s Division 36, Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, and board-certified in clinical psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology.

McMinn has authored or coauthored 14 books, coedited 4 books, and published over 130 book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles. His books Finding Our Way Home and The Science of Virtue received Awards of Merit in the annual Christianity Today book awards. He also is the author of Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling, which has sold approximately 100,000 copies over a 24-year span.