Kirk Lyman-Barner received his Master of Divinity from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He is Director of U.S. Field Operations for The Fuller Center for Housing and pastor of Praxis Americus United Church of Christ. Cori Lyman-Barner holds an MA from Eastern Mennonite Seminary. She coordinates a home school cooperative in Americus, Georgia. The Lyman-Barners consider it a privilege to live, work, and raise their three children in Clarence Jordan's Cotton Patch.