David Augsburger is the author of more than twenty books on pastoral counseling, marriage, conflict, and human relations. For over a decade, he served as radio spokesperson for the Mennonite Churches, and he has written feature articles that have appeared in more than one hundred different periodicals. An ordained minister of the Mennonite Church and a diplomate of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Augsburger is professor emeritus of pastoral care and counseling at Fuller Theological Seminary.