Gary R. Schoener is a psychologist and director of the Consultation and Training Institute at the Walk-In Counseling Center in Minneapolis. Schoener has studied treatment centers for clergy and comments frequently on issues of sexual abuse by clerics.

Donna Furmanek is a yoga teacher at the Academy of Creative Movement Yoga Studio in Orland Park, Ill. She is a Christian and wrote an article about the intersection of yoga and Christian spirituality as well as about the fear some Christians have of traditional yoga.

Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of survivors of clergy sexual misconduct. She made national headlines when she was invited to give an address on clergy abuse to the Catholic bishops at their June 2002 meeting in Dallas. She is the author of Perversion of Power: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic […]

Dave Stone is senior minister of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Ky., which has a sports and fitness ministry.

David Finkelhor is a sociology professor at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., and a leading expert on the sexual abuse of children. He is the author of several books on child sexual abuse and directs the Crimes Against Children Research Center.

Henry Brinton is pastor of Fairfax Presbyterian Church in Virginia and co-author with Vik Khanna of Ten Commandments of Faith and Fitness (2008). Brinton wrote a June 10, 2008, article for The Washington Post about the intersection of faith and fitness.

Thea Wilson conducts the Fit for the Kingdom ministry at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, Md. The program links Bible studies to overcoming food addictions.

Melisa Darby is a Christian yoga teacher in the Washington, D.C., area. She is a Catholic and says her relationship with Jesus has been deepened by yoga. She blogs at Light on Christian Yoga. 

A 1989 essay by farmer and author Wendell Berry about “eating responsibly.” Berry has deep Christian commitments and his books are popular among many church reading groups.