Authors — Megamorphosis Magazine

Ricky Borba

Ricky Borba is an American film director, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been involved with film and television in one way or another for the last 30 years. His two theatrically released films, "My Brothers' Crossing" and "Hope for the Holidays," have won multiple Best-Picture awards at festivals across the country, as well as acting awards for the cast. "My Brothers' Crossing" spent two weeks in the US Box Office top ten when it debuted in 2020. In the Spring of 2023 he directed a film he wrote about a pastor and a pimp switching bodies, called "Sunday, Sunday," through Collide Entertainment and Distribution. Ricky now resides in Nashville, TN with his wife, 4 daughters and son. He has a double major in Pastoral Ministries and Theology, and all of his animals are named after Star Wars characters.

David Bunker

David Bunker is a poet, conference speaker and an avid online writer on the subjects of faith, creativity and the arts. He has spent four decades in Christian music involved in, among other things, recording, publishing, and A & R, signing artists such as Sixpence None the Richer, Smalltown Poets, and The Waiting and discovering acts like B. Reith. As an academic, he has taught at Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL), Trevecca Nazarene University (Nashville, Tennessee), Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais, IL), and Judson University (Elgin, IL) in the music business and creative writing areas. Artist Care Encounter (https://www.cliftonhillspress.com/shop/p/artist-care-encounter) is his first book for Clifton Hills Press. His poetry can be seen in Issue 13.

Brion Burkett

Pastor Brion Burkett lives in Roseville, California with his wife Katie. Brion loves to help others explore the wide-reaching promises and opportunities God has made available to us in and through Christ Jesus. Making the abstract and intangible simple and accessible, Brion teaches and exhorts from scripture and experience. Passionate about who God says He is, and who God created us to be, Brion challenges us to explore all God has made available to us in and through Christ Jesus. Brion’s teaching is Practical, Mystical, Provoking, and Rewarding. He is gripped with the very real possibility of seeing the greatest revival in history in our time. He secretly wants an Irish Wolfhound, a house in Maui, and the skills to accurately throw a golf disc more than 400ft. He loves Jesus and the worldwide Church. Prayers are appreciated. Pastor Brion can be reached at thegoldenbeyond@gmail.com or @brionburkett on Instagram.

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Cara Cotham

Cara Cotham is the founder of The Orbit, an online fan community and IG page dedicated to exploring the intersection of music, faith, film, and storytelling. Her journey into this space began when she invested in two groundbreaking cinematic projects: the globally acclaimed series, The Chosen, and The Shift, a disruptive sci-fi feature film with a profound faith worldview. Driven by a deep appreciation for the music that brought these visual stories to life, Cara founded The Orbit to celebrate the work of composers Matthew S. Nelson and Dan Haseltine (of Jars of Clay and The River Cryers), who scored both projects. The community serves as a hub for fans to engage with the vast wealth of music, beauty, and meaning created by these artists and their collaborators. For years, Cara has dedicated herself to documenting and celebrating these creative ecosystems. She bridges fan engagement with deep dives into scriptwriting, spiritual application, and complex musical landscapes. To Cara, music, film, and storytelling are more than mere entertainment—they are essential lenses for accessing new perspectives. She believes that sacred art helps us experience God and life with greater richness, drawing us deeper into the mystery of our Creator while fostering genuine human connection. Through the lenses of faith, art, and community, Cara highlights how these collaborative projects provide a vital backdrop for navigating the bitter, the sweet, and the beautifully complex realities of being human. Follow The Orbit on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/theorbitofmattanddan and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/theorbit_matt_dan_fanpage/.

Dean Deguara

Dean Deguara is the Lead Pastor of Real Life Church based in Sacramento, California and is a consultant for churches and ministry leaders.

Gaylord Enns

Gaylord Enns has served in full-time Christian ministry for fifty years. He started ministry to college students in the 60’s and was a leader in the Jesus People Movement of the 70’s. His pastoral ministry served one congregation for over three decades. In 2003 he founded Servant Leadership Network (SLN) to facilitate ministry to pastors and next-generation leaders. In addition to traveling internationally, he served as the director of Chico Pastors Together in his hometown of Chico, California, facilitating gatherings of up to eighty pastors and ministry leaders from the city. He is the author of Love Revolution: Rediscovering the Lost Command of Jesus. First published in 2008, the 2011 revised edition continues to be the catalyst for speaking invitations at home and abroad. He speaks with a passion to see Jesus’ Commandment fully recovered by His Church in our generation—“Love one another as I have loved you!”

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Larry Hill

Larry & Lori Hill are the authors of The Dokimos Project. They are accountable to the leadership team and the International Association of Ministers. The team has a passion to see people commissioned in their God-given identity and calling. Larry & Lori are business owners. They help veterinary practices grow and incrementally improve (kaizen!) by providing clear, actionable feedback and operational insights. Their company, CalPro Research (https://www.calproresearch.com/), offers industry benchmarked surveys and analytics including Client Feedback with accelerated Google Reviews, a Referring Doctor Survey to support hospital collaboration, and the Teamwork Tuneup to improve staff communication and culture. They started their business in 2002. They have been married 40+ years and enjoy their family with three wonderful kids, their amazing spouses, and four adorable grandchildren. In addition to running CalPro Research, they are ordained ministers and most of all they are beloved children of God. Lori is also a children’s storyteller and creative entertainer as Nana Lori (https://www.nanalori.com/).

Andrea Hobart

Andrea Hobart is a co-founder of SierraCaresFoundation.org.

©Dr. John Jackson

Dr. John Jackson has spent his working life leading churches, schools and leaders. He served 15 years as sixth president of Jessup University in Rocklin, California and now works with High Impact leaders and organizations. Before Jessup, he co-founded Thriving Churches International, was a senior leader at Bayside Church in Granite Bay, planted LifePoint Church in Minden, Nevada, and directed the American Baptist churches of the Pacific Southwest (now Aspire Network), overseeing more than 270 churches across four western states. He holds a Ph.D and an M.A. in Educational Administration and Organizational studies from UC Santa Barbara, an M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and a B.A. in Religion from Chapman University. He is the author of 10 books, among them, Grace Ambassador: Bringing Heaven To Earth. He and his wife, Pamela, who also writes for this magazine, live in Rocklin, California and have five children, their spouses and ten grandchildren. You can learn more at www.drjohnjackson.com.

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Bringing Heaven to Earth

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Pastorpreneur

Creative Ideas for Birthing Spiritual Life in Your Community

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Pamela Jackson

Pam Jackson has been married to Dr. John Jackson for 43 years. They have five children and five grandchildren. Pam is a Bible teacher, inner healing prayer minister and church planter. Pam holds a Masters degree in Pastoral Ministry from Global Awakening Theological Seminary and a Bachelors degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Derek Grant Martin

Derek Grant Martin is the head of the December Collective, a ministry to help people encounter Jesus to empower them within their calling and passion, and launch them into culture, fulfilling their God-given purpose. He serves as a professor and technical director of Stonehill College, has served as Chairman of the BA Theatre and BA Creative Arts Program as a Tenured Associate Professor at William Jessup University, and also served as faculty in the BA and MFA programs at Regent University. He has spent the last 25+ years as an award winning actor, director, choreographer, tap-dancer, educator, speaker, and consultant working professionally in the Arts, Media, and Entertainment. Derek speaks on the healing of people and culture through Kingdom imagination, creativity and the arts. He lives in Carver, Massachusetts but prefers the bi-coastal life.

Katharine Menning

Katharine Menning is a former homeschooler and graduate of the University of Northwestern - St. Paul. She is the oldest of five girls with a passion for reading, writing, theatre, teaching, and serving her Savior. Currently, she is an 8th-grade ELA teacher and plans to continue writing in her spare time. She has one book currently published and several manuscripts and notes for future books waiting for the right timing. During her time at university, she was an ambassador for The Chosen, along with several other students from colleges and universities around the USA. Together, they helped represent The Chosen on their campuses and share about the show with other students. Katharine has also had the opportunity to be a background extra on The Chosen in the filming of the Sermon on the Mount and Feeding of the Five Thousand. Katharine was also part of a short documentary about the filming of the Sermon on the Mount, created by The Chosen. The documentary followed her and five other people on their journey of being extras, as well as looking at how The Chosen has impacted them. You can read more of Katharine's writings on her blog, The Ramblings of a Young Writer, at kamenning.wordpress.com.

Inga Mork

Pastor Inga Mork has been in ministry for over 30 years and is a prolific speaker. She was ordained in 2005 and is known for her ability to see. Her background as a stock broker and banker has put her around the globe speaking on asset protection for companies. She has started and sold multiple businesses. She is a perpetual student, holds two degrees from UC Berkeley, an MBA, a Masters in Theology, and attended graduate school at Fuller Theological University. She currently is a doctoral candidate writing on behavioral economics juxtaposing how people prove worship. Some know her as a financial strategist, some as professor, pastor, and theologian, but she is mostly recognized for her flip-side commentaries and supporting ministry reformation. Inga has spent the last decades as a CFO for non-profit banking building wealth for Community Development Financial Institutions serving marginalized population groups. Pastor Inga aims to spend her later years writing. She is a US citizen, but also a resident of Sweden. She has been married to her husband 32 years and they have two sons and one granddaughter.

Heather Murdock

Heather is an international preacher, author and songwriter called to encourage, equip and strengthen the Church to overcome obstacles to live transformed lives of Kingdom purpose. She recently released her first Bible study, “Rise and Rejoice, A Heart Transformation Journey for Women,” which helps women break free from the past to live in the freedom and purpose of Christ. Heather and her husband are the Founders of Rise and Rejoice Ministries, which exists to raise up a generation of devoted disciple-makers through Kingdom discipleship, Spirit-filled worship and compassionate outreach. They empower people to heal, overcome obstacles and break through strongholds to live on mission for the Gospel of Christ. Listen to her podcast, Rise and Rejoice with Heather Murdock: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-and-rejoice-with-heather-murdock/id1896737838

Natalie Runion

Pastor's kid turned pastor, Natalie has served the church for over twenty years as a worship leader, songwriter and pastor in various organizations and ministries across the country. In 2019, after watching many of her peers walk away from the church and their faith, Natalie began Raised to Stay, a ministry for those who have wandered, wondered and wrestled with the Church and the challenges of full-time ministry. Known for her black boxes of hard truth on social media for the Church and church leaders, her heart is to see a generation finish their race as they partner with a good Father who is faithful to complete the work He began in each of us. Natalie lives in Kentucky with her husband Tony and their two daughters. She is a sought-after speaker in the local and global Church and released her first book, published with David C. Cook, in summer 2023. Learn more about Raised to Stay on Instagram at @raisedtostay.

Raised to Stay

Persevering in Ministry When You Have a Million Reasons to Walk Away

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The House That Jesus Built

Leading Our Churches Back to God’s Original Blueprint

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I Don’t Even Like Women

And Other Lies That Get in the Way of Sacred Sisterhood

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David Sliker

David Sliker has been a senior leader and author at the International House of Prayer Missions Base in Kansas City, Missouri for the past 18 years. Ministering and serving with his wife, Tracey, and their four children, Riley, Lauren, Daniel and Finney, David’s primary ministry calling is as an intercessor. Additionally, he ministers internationally equipping saints in prayer, the power of the Holy Spirit, passion for the word of God, and the proclamation of Jesus and His return. He is the President of the International House of Prayer University, where he teaches about prayer and intimacy with Jesus, missions, biblical studies, and the return of Jesus. He is the author of End-Times Simplified: Preparing Your Heart For the Coming Storm (Revised Edition) (Forerunner Publishing, 2013), The Nations Rage: Prayer, Promise, and Power in an Anti-Christian Age (Chosen Books, 2020) and The Triumph of Beauty: God’s Radiant Answer to the World’s Growing Darkness (Chosen Books, 2022).

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God’s Radiant Answer to the World’s Growing Darkness

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The Nations Rage

Prayer, Promise and Power in an Anti-Christian Age

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Jon Snyder

Jon is a documentary filmmaker with a passion for visual and narrative storytelling. He founded Sojourner Films to help other Kingdom filmmakers know and grow into their mandate of using their talents and resources to change the narrative and tell the good news of what God is doing in the world around us. He resides with his wife Kaye and his 2 sons, Joshua and Luke, in Peachtree City, GA.

Jenene Stafford

Jenene Stafford is the founder of Megamorphosis magazine and a passionate woman for Christ. Sixteen years ago, she had an encounter with Jesus, and he asked her to display the beauty and uniqueness of His Church. She has faithfully done her best to hear from the voice of the Lord and display on these pages the things she felt the Holy Spirit has led her to write about in their due season. She has cultivated a beautiful community of writers who are devoted followers of Christ. Her story and testimony can be found in the article called the Good Father.

Pastor Craig Sweeney

Craig Sweeney is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary, Craig has been the founding lead pastor and speaker at Heights Church since 2009. You'll find that Craig's messages are biblically-based and include vulnerability about his own walk with God and reflect his down-to-earth personality and a great sense of humor. Craig Sweeney was also Jenene Stafford's pastor for eight years. You can learn more about Heights Church at heightschurchonline.com.

Jackie Turner

Jackie Turner is a Kingdom-focused Deborah raising up evangelistic armies in today's society. She is an Honors Graduate of William Jessup and Western Theological Seminary with a Bachelor's in Pastoral Ministry and Masters of Arts in Ministry and Leadership. She is a certified Critical Incident and Crisis Response Chaplain, and an Ordained Minister of Evangelism through Christian International. She has been featured worldwide on radio shows, podcasts, news stations, and in a film based on her life story called My One Christmas Wish. She has written for news and article features to over 90 million readers worldwide with features shared globally on 700 Club and Christian television and radio. Jackie works locally in Placer County as the Minister of Communication and Church Relations for Acres of Hope during the day. In her free time she teaches the Bible virtually to church plants in Pakistan, Uganda, Lithuania, Iran, and India. She is known throughout the world as Jackie the Street Preacher as the founder of Kingdom Roar Ministries, an evangelistic charity serving those in the darkest places in the inner cities of Northern California. All in all, Jackie's life is wrapped up in seeing the Kingdom of God expanded in every arena she enters.

Dan Waters

Dan Waters has been studying the scriptures and teaching end times prophecy for over twenty years and he is an extremely anointed teacher of The Bible. During 2021 Jenene Stafford and her husband were taught by Dan what the Bible actually says about end times prophecy and what Jesus Himself has to say on the subject. Dan Waters, retired Air Force Colonel and businessman, has served as a marketplace minister for over 36 years with a passionate calling to servant leadership, discipleship, and sharing the treasures of God’s Word.

Jeff Wittmer

Husband. Papa. Caregiver. Coach | Following Jesus beyond religious theater & political tribalism.

Gary and Cherisse Zelesky

Gary Zelesky is a nationally recognized keynote speaker, author and executive leadership voice whose message has impacted more than one million people live over the past 30+ years. Known as "The Human Defibrillator" — and called an "edutainer" by the University of the Pacific’s Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry — he is a re-engagement expert who helps organizations move beyond burnout, routine, resistance, and disconnection into renewed energy and ownership. With a Master’s in Executive Leadership from William Jessup University, and a story that includes surviving a heart attack and major health challenges, Gary doesn’t speak about resilience as theory — he speaks it as lived experience. The result is a rare blend of humor, storytelling, and practical insight that audiences from MasterCard to Hinman keep inviting back. You can learn more at www.garyzelesky.com.

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How to Go From Having Just a Career to Having a Life

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The Language of God — A 52 Week Leadership Study to a Deeper Purpose

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Ricky Borba

David Bunker

Brion Burkett

Cara Cotham

Dean Deguara

Gaylord Enns

Larry Hill

Andrea Hobart

©Dr. John Jackson

Pamela Jackson

Derek Grant Martin

Katharine Menning

Inga Mork

Heather Murdock

Natalie Runion

David Sliker

Jon Snyder

Jenene Stafford

Pastor Craig Sweeney

Jackie Turner

Dan Waters

Jeff Wittmer

Gary and Cherisse Zelesky

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