Peter Santucci

Pete lives in Bend, Oregon, where he writes, coaches pastors and volleyball players, and does hospital and hospice chaplain work. He's married, has four kids, two dogs, and two cats. He loves the outdoors, hoppy beers, and vinyl records — if he could do more than two of those at a time, he'd be in heaven. He was mentored by Eugene Peterson for almost 25 years which is why you can hear echoes of Eugene's voice in so much of Pete's writing despite Pete having a unique voice of his own. Pete is unapologetically devoted to God and to his friends. If he could sum up his life in a single word, it'd be "friend" — a word that means so much more to him than what Facebook has done to it. Long conversations filled with laughter and sometimes tears are his greatest joy. He blogs at www.GodAndLifeAndStuff.com.