Steve Bloem (B.A., Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, Mich.; M.Min. Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, Penn.) has been a children's therapist to socially and emotionally disturbed youth and has been involved in clinical counseling/case management for a mental health agency. He is presently in private practice as the Director of Heartfelt Counseling Ministries, Inc. He has struggled with depression for over twenty years. Robyn Bloem has reared their four children, ministered as a Ladies Bible Study teacher and worked with the mentally ill homeless population in the inner city. She also counsels women who have suffered the loss of a child. The authors have been married for twenty-nine years and have three sons and one daughter, Lindsay Ruth, who has been in heaven since 2001."