Panelists included Trillia Newbell (author and senior director of acquisitions at Moody Publishing) and Daniel Nayeri (author of Everything Sad is Untrue and Newbery Honoree The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams). While Phil Vischer (writer, speaker, filmmaker, creator of VeggieTales) was unable to attend, he hopes to join The Carver Project for another dialogue soon.

Moderated by TCP Faculty Fellow John Hendrix, New York Times Bestselling illustrator and author of many children's books, including Shooting at the Stars, Drawing is Magic, John Brown: His Fight for Freedom, Miracle Man: The Story of Jesus, The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler.