Chaplain of Pets is an interfaith ministry to pets and their people. It’s based in Stone Mountain, Ga.

Eric Reinders is an associate professor of religion at Emory University in Atlanta. He has written about Buddhist attitudes toward animals.

Read an Aug. 4, 2010 article about domestic abuses cases against men that states “Law enforcement officials say women abusing men happens more than you might think.”

Chris Tiegreen is the author of Creative Prayer: Speaking the Language of God’s Heart, published in 2007, in which he describes how dance, painting, singing and other activities can be used as prayer. He lives in Atlanta.

Coleman Barks is a retired professor of creative writing and poetry at the University of Georgia and author of several books on Rumi and Sufism. He can discuss the prayer embodied in the dance of the Sufi dervish. He lives in Athens, Ga.

Melvin Konner is a professor of anthropology, human biology and Jewish studies at Emory University, and author of Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jews, about the history of Jewish culture.

David Mustard is an associate professor of economics at the University of Georgia in Athens, and his economic research is frequently cited in the media. He serves on the executive board of the Association of Christian Economists.

Kingdom Advisors is a nationwide network of evangelical Christian financial professionals in almost 60 U.S. communities.

Rob Eagar of Atlanta wrote Dating With Pure Passion: More Than Rules, More Than Courtship, More Than a Formula and speaks nationally on single adult issues. He says the church largely ignores singles and needs to do more to incorporate them and minister to them.