The Kingdom and the Cross (Apprentice Resources)
James Bryan Smith (M.Div., Yale University Divinity School, D.Min., Fuller Seminary) is a theology professor at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, and a writer and speaker in the area of Christian spiritual formation. He also serves as the director of the Apprentice Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation at Friends University.  A founding member of Richard J. Foster's spiritual renewal ministry, Renovaré Smith is an ordained United Methodist Church minister and has served in various capacities in local churches. Smith is also the editor ofA Spiritual Formation Workbook, Devotional Classics(with Richard Foster),Embracing the Love of God, Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to HeavenandRoom of Marvels.