Matthew J. Grow is Managing Director of the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In that capacity, he leads a team of history professionals who collect documents and artifacts, preserve them, and promote understanding of the Church’s past through a publishing program, a research library, a museum, and many historic sites. Grow served as a general editor of the Joseph Smith Papers and Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. Most recently, he has authored Jeffrey R. Holland: Witness of Christ. Grow received his PhD in American history from the University of Notre Dame. He and his wife Alyssa are the parents of four children.

Patrick Q. Mason and his wife, Melissa de Leon Mason, are the coauthors of Rooted: Centering Christ in Everything. Together, they explore how Latter-day Saints can experience the restored gospel not as a burden of endless expectations, but as the joyful good news of Jesus Christ’s redeeming grace.

Patrick is a prominent Latter-day Saint scholar and historian who holds the Leonard J. Arrington Chair at Utah State University. A former Fulbright Scholar in Romania, he served as a branch president in Timișoara, where he and Melissa became acquainted with President Ivory.

Patrick is also the author of Planted and Restoration, two well-known books exploring Latter-day Saint faith, history, and religious identity.