Dr. James Bryan Smith teaches theology and is Religion and Philosophy Department Chair at Friends University in Wichita. Jim is an ordained minister and a featured speaker at Renovare' conferences. He is the author of Embracing the Love of God; A Spiritual Formation Workbook; Devotional Classics (co edited with Richard Foster); Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven and, most recently, Room of Marvels. Jim lives in Wichita, Kansas, with his wife, Meghan, and their two children, Jacob and Hope.