Loren VanGalder started ministry in 1977 on staff with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship in New York City. He served as a chaplain with the Federal Bureau of Prisons for twenty one years and continues ministry as a spiritual father, with web sites in English and Spanish (ASpiritualFather.com, Un PadreEspiritual.com), where you can read his blog. Loren has been married since 1982 and has one grown son.