KENNETH SWANSON currently serves as the Rector of St. David's Episcopal Church in Roswell, Georgia. He has been in parish ministry for over forty years, serving churches in California, Scotland, New York, and Tennessee where he was Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville from 1997 to 2007. He holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison; Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena; and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland where he earned a PhD in the history of religion. He is the author of numerous articles on theology, history, spirituality, biblical studies, and social ethics. In addition to serving as a parish priest, he regularly leads pilgrimages, conducts retreats and conferences, and teaches Christian spiritual formation. He is married to Darlene, and is the father of three adult children and one granddaughter.