About the Authors
Dr. John Townsend is a popular speaker, psychologist, cohost of the nationally broadcast New Life Live! radio program, and cofounder of the Cloud-Townsend Clinic and Cloud-Townsend Resources. He is the author of many books, as well as coauthor of the 2003 Retailers Choice Award–winning God Will Make a Way and the Gold Medallion Award–winning Boundaries (over one million copies sold). He maintains a private practice in Newport Beach, California, and lives with his wife and children in Los Angeles.
Dr. Henry Cloud is an acclaimed leadership expert, clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author. His forty-five books, including the iconic Boundaries, have sold nearly twenty million copies worldwide. He has an extensive executive coaching background and experience as a leadership consultant, devoting the majority of his time working with CEOs, leadership teams, and executives to improve performance, leadership skills and culture. He has appeared on numerous radio and TV broadcasts and has been featured or reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and others.
About Jonathan Petersen
Jonathan
Wilson-Hartgrove
is a celebrated spiritual author and sought-after speaker. A native of North
Carolina, he is a graduate of Eastern University and Duke Divinity School. In 2003
he and his wife founded the Rutba House, a house of hospitality where the
homeless are welcomed into a community that eats, prays, and shares life
together. He is also an associate minister at the historically black St. Johns
Missionary Baptist Church. An evangelical Christian who connects with the broad
spiritual tradition and its monastic witnesses, he is a leader in the New
Monasticism movement. He speaks often about emerging Christianity to churches
and conferences across the denominational spectrum, and he has given lectures
at dozens of universities. He is a complier of the celebrated Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary
Radicals and is the author of several books on Christian spirituality,
including The Awakening of Hope, The Wisdom of Stability, and The New Monasticism.