Associate Professor of Theology & Ethics at Lipscomb University, Lee teaches undergraduate courses in "Biblical Ethics" and "Theology of the Church," and graduate theology seminars in the Hazelip School of Theology at Lipscomb. He completed his undergrad studies at Lipscomb (B.A., 1989), and graduate studies at Abilene Christian University (M.A., M.Div., 1993) and University of Notre Dame (M.A., 1997, Ph.D., 1999). He is the author of Mere Discipleship: Radical Christianity in a Rebellious World (Brazos Press, 2003; 2nd edition, summer 2008), plus numerous other articles.

Lee is an Alabamian by birth, has always loved music, and got the crazy idea for Tokens some years back when he realized that the musicians have been trying for centuries to sort out good ways to say all the important things theologians try to say, too; that, plus it occurred to him one day that the only job he might like more than the job he already had as a college professor would be Garrison Keillor's job. He has most recently been learning to play the upright bass. He is married to a wonderful woman named Laura, and they have three very fine sons.

Paul also hails from the state of Alabama. His love of music was instilled in him by his great-grandfather, who would play the fiddle while Paul sat on his knee and sang along as a young child. He is a graduate of Auburn University with a degree in Music Education - Voice.

Paul has an extensive background in the logistical aspects of event production, having served as a booking agent and manager in the Nashville music industry for 18 years. He shares his love of music, golf and travel with his talented wife, Vicki. They are blessed with two lovely daughters.

Jeff grew up in western New York playing accordion and keyboards in his dad's band since age 10. He studied classical piano at the Eastman School of Music, and was a band leader of a small jazz/rock group in the Air Force in Ohio. He has lived in Nashville since 1990 where he has been a band leader/keyboard player/multi-instrumentalist on numerous theatre productions, live shows, and recording sessions.

Live highlights include: 2 years as bandleader at the Ryman auditorium ("Always Patsy Cline"), hundreds of shows as bandleader at Opryland theme park and the General Jackson, The Skaggs Family Christmas tour, and many appearances on the Grand Ole Opry with numerous artists.

Recording highlights have been with Amy Grant, George Strait, The Chieftains, Elvis Costello, Martina McBride, Buddy Greene, Michael Card, Vince Gill and numerous Ricky Skaggs projects and many others. Jeff was a featured artist on the Ricky Skagg's and Kentucky Thunder Instrumental CD that won a 2007 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. He has a solo piano hymns CD for Cumberland records and a solo piano Christmas record also. He just completed work on a solo instrumental project entitled "Jigs, Reels, Hymns and Airs", on which he plays several different instruments. Jeff plays accordion, concertina, penny whistles, mandolin and bouzouki with a celtic group called "The Boys of County Nashville," which has recently released a Celtic tribute to Led Zepplin.

Jeff is also married to a fine woman named Vicki, but fortunately it's another Vicki than Paul Smith's wife. Jeff has three children and three grandchildren.