Stephen W. Smith is the cofounder and president of The Potter's Inn, a spiritual formation ministry dedicated to the care of leaders in the marketplace and in ministry. He has pastored churches in Kentucky, North Carolina, and the Netherlands, and is the author of The Lazarus Life, Soul Custody, and Embracing Soul Care: Making Space for What Matters Most. Steve and his wife, Gwen, serve as spiritual directors and retreat leaders with Potter's Inn and previously they lived overseas in Europe planting churches before the fall of Communism.