Edwards is the founder and Senior Fellow of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. He was executive director of the Institute, now in Bethesda, MD, from its independent foundation in 1979 until 2000.
Thurston was the William F. Orr Professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She is a Disciples of Christ minister and a founding member of the International Thomas Merton Society. Much of the year she lives a semi-eremitical life near Wheeling, West Virginia.
If you have any questions about the 2008 retreat or plans for next year's retreat, contact B.J. Moore by e-mail or at 412-486-8400 extension 35.