Winn Collier — Hope that Won't Disappoint

A pastor for 26 years, Winn was the founding pastor of All Souls in Charlottesville, Virginia, and now serves as director for the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology & Christian Imagination at Western Theological Seminary (Holland, MI). Winn holds a PhD. from the University of Virginia in Religion & Literature, where he explored the sacramental vision of Wendell Berry’s fiction. Winn writes books (including Love Big, Be Well: Letters to a Smalltown Church and A Burning in My Bones, the biography of Eugene Peterson) and has written for Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Washington Post. Winn and his wife Miska, a spiritual director and yoga teacher, love evenings by the fire, weeks when their sons are home, and walks with their dog Gus.

Nathan Foster is an author and host of Life With God, a Renovaré Podcast. Formerly, he was an Associate Professor of social work and served as the Andrews Chair in Spiritual Formation at Spring Arbor University. He was also a licensed clinical social worker and certified addictions counselor. Nathan has published two books, including The Making of an Ordinary Saint: My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines.