John Weborg was born and raised on a farm in Pender, Nebraska, confirmed in his baptismal faith in the Evangelical Covenant Church, and at an early age received a vocation to pastoral ministry. Educated at North Park Theological Seminary (BD), Princeton Theological Seminary (ThM), and Garrett-Evangelical-Northwestern University (PhD), he was ordained in the Covenant Church and served three of its congregations. From 1975 to 2003 he served as Professor of Theology at North Park Seminary, where he coordinated the development of the curriculum in spiritual formation. His academic research focused...