Loren VanGalder received an MDiv from New Brunswick Theological Seminary. He spent six years working with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship on the campuses of NYC, founding and leading Servant Ministries in NYC, as well as twenty-one years as a chaplain with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He has written seventeen books in English and Spanish. Loren currently lives in Costa Rica where he is an associate pastor of a church and a mentor to many young men.