Originally from Australia, Mandy Smith is an artist and author. She serves as associate pastor at University Christian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is the creator of The Collect, a city-wide trash-to-art project. Mandy lives with her professor husband and two children in a little house where the teapot is always warm and a mess is usually being made."Mandy Smith is a provocateur of imagination and holy mischief. Here is an invitation to play with God. May it spark something in you that will bend the world a little closer to Jesus and to justice."Shane Claiborne"The biggest questions are still the oldest ones: Where do I find meaning? What produces authentic joy? How do I live well and wisely in light of my finitude? Every once in a while someone raises these questions in a fresh, light-giving way. This is Mandy Smith's gift to us."John Ortberg