Jan John­son is a writer, speak­er and spir­i­tu­al direc­tor who holds degrees in Chris­t­ian edu­ca­tion and spir­i­tu­al­i­ty. She’s writ­ten numer­ous books, includ­ing Meet­ing God in Scrip­ture: A Hands-on Guide to Lec­tio Div­ina. Recent­ly Jan cre­at­ed an online course based on Dal­las Willard’s book, Life With­out Lack.

Dal­las Willard (1935 — 2013) was Pro­fes­sor of Phi­los­o­phy at The Uni­ver­si­ty of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia and an ordained min­is­ter who spoke at church­es and Chris­t­ian orga­ni­za­tions world­wide. He was a found­ing mem­ber of Ren­o­varé. He wrote, among oth­ers, Ren­o­va­tion of the Heart, Hear­ing God, and Know­ing Christ Today. Dal­las is sur­vived by his wife Jane, son John, daugh­ter and son-in-law Becky and Bill Heat­ley, and grand­daugh­ter Laris­sa, who con­tin­ue his lega­cy and work.