Deborah Norville, anchor of the TV newsmagazine Inside Edition, wrote Thank You Power: Making the Science of Gratitude Work for You (2007), which explores the scientific research behind gratitude.

Louise L. Hay wrote Gratitude: A Way of Life. She is the owner and founder of Hay House, an international mind-body-spirit publisher in Carlsbad, Calif.

Dr. Uma Mysorekar is a former president of the Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, N.Y., and a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist. She has represented Hinduism at interfaith conferences sponsored by the White House. She has written about the Hindu view of gratitude.

Gregg Krech is the author of Naikan: Gratitude, Grace and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection. Naikan is a Japanese method of self-examination that prompts reflection on gratitude to others for what you have been given. Based on Eastern spiritual teachings and Japanese psychology, Naikan is used to promote mental health. Krech is the executive director of the ToDo […]

The Rev. David J. Holden was the minister for adult education and men’s ministries with the United Church of Christ’s Worship and Education Ministry Team of Local Church Ministries in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2003, he wrote an essay describing domestic violence as a men’s problem that should be addressed within a Christian framework.

Rachel VerWys is executive director of Safe Haven Ministries, a Christian-based ministry for victims of domestic abuse in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The ministry has an informational outreach program for congregations called “Raise Hope.” Contact individual team members through the website.

James Newton Poling is a professor of pastoral care, counseling and theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill. He has written about domestic violence as a pastoral care issue.

Christie Cozad Neuger is a professor of pastoral theology and pastoral counseling at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

Patricia Castillo is executive director of PEACE Initiative, a San Antonio coalition of organizations committed to ending domestic violence. The group has held workshops for local faith leaders about responding to domestic violence.