Matthew D. Kim (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is professor of practical theology and holder of the Hubert H. and Gladys S. Raborn chair of pastoral leadership at Baylor’s Truett Seminary in Waco, Texas. He is the award-winning author of many books, including Preaching to a Divided Nation (Baker Academic, 2022), Preaching to People in Pain (Baker Academic, 2021) the Christianity Today 2022 book of the year (The Church/Pastoral Leadership), 7 Lessons for New Pastors, 2nd ed. (Cascade, 2021), Finding Our Voice (Lexham, 2020), A Little Book for New Preachers (IVP Academic, 2020), and Preaching with Cultural Intelligence (Baker Academic, 2017), the 2018 Preaching Magazine Book of the Year. He has also co-edited The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching (Baker Academic, 2021) the 2022 Preaching Magazine Book of the Year, Homiletics and Hermeneutics (Baker Academic, 2018), and No Program but Time, No Book but the Bible (Wipf and Stock, 2018).