Kent Annan (MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary) is codirector of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, where he leads an MA in Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership program. He is the author of You Welcomed Me, Slow Kingdom Coming, After Shock, and Following Jesus through the Eye of the Needle and is cofounder of Spiritual First Aid and cohost The Better Samaritan blog and podcast. 

Kent writes for many national publications and speaks regularly around the country. He lives near Chicago with his wife and two children.