David G. Benner

in finding God we find our truest and deepest self.

through the help of others who know us well,

I cannot, for example, imagine God giving me my interest in ideas and not making this an important part of the place I am called to fill in the kingdom

Thoughts have always been my inner companions.

I seek dialogue as a way to explore and organize these imperfectly formed parts of my inner architecture.

And I gravitate toward writing as an extension of this.

my interest in people—particularly in meeting and understanding them in their depths—was part of my attraction to psychology and subsequent interest in spiritual direction.

longstanding interest in the dynamics of the

soul has been a central part of finding my way toward a calling in soul care.

My calling is not simply to be a lecturer, writer or psychologist. It is to be a kingdom servant of Yahweh.