Spiritual Life week opens with Mandy Smith, Writer, Artist and Lead pastor of University Christian Church, a campus and neighborhood congregation with its own fair-trade caf茅 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Originally from Australia, Mandy Smith is lead pastor of University Christian Church, a campus and neighborhood congregation with its own fair-trade cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio.聽 She is a contributing editor for Leadership Journal and the author of Making a Mess and Meeting God. Her latest book is The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry (IVP).聽 Mandy and her husband Jamie,聽 a New Testament Professor at Cincinnati Chiristian University, live with their two kids in a little house where the teapot is always warm.聽 She is also a fine artist and the creator of “The Collect,” a citywide trash-to-art project.