Read a Nov. 30, 2011, article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune about the growth of the in-home funeral movement.

The Rev. Richard Cizik is president of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good. He seeks to bring evangelical Christians, researchers and policymakers together to work on issues such as climate change, economic justice and national security.

Earl Grinols, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, wrote Gambling in America: Costs and Benefits (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Grinols’s research also includes the economics of national health care policy.

The National Press Foundation offers resources for journalists, including disease specialists.

Dr. Harbans Lal is an emeritus professor of pharmacology and neuroscience at the University of North Texas Health Science Center and president of the Academy of Guru Granth Studies in Arlington, Texas. He is a frequent speaker on issues involving Sikhism.

Avtar Singh Dhaliwal was associate professor of plastic surgery at East Tennessee State University College of Medicine in Johnson City, Tenn. He spoke on a panel about “Pathways to Peace in Sikhism” at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Barcelona in July 2004.

SikhWomen.com was an advocacy organization for women’s equality in the Sikh community. The site was last updated in 2006 but still contains information journalists might find useful.

A Virginia-based organization that promotes international health and wholeness from a Christian perspective.