Bio: James Bryan Smith teaches theology and is chaplain at Friend’s University in Wichita, Kansas. His previous books include Embracing the Love of God, A Spiritual Formation Workbook, and Devotional Classics (coauthored with Richard Foster). Jim’s deep friendship developed with Rich Mullins over the last seven years of Mullins’ life. In fact, while Mullins attended Friend’s University, he lived in an attic apartment in the Smiths’ home for two years.