What if it’s not our job, as Christians, to have all the answers?
What if our greatest task is to daily rely on God?
What if our reliance on God, not our answers, is what will transform the world?
Are we willing to let them see us in need? Or only in strength?

Originally from Australia, Mandy Smith is lead pastor of University Christian Church, a campus and neighborhood congregation with its own fair-trade cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio.  She is a contributing editor for Leadership Journal and the author of Making a Mess and Meeting God. Her latest book is The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry (IVP).  Mandy and her husband Jamie,  a New Testament Professor at Cincinnati Chiristian University, live with their two kids in a little house where the teapot is always warm.  She is also a fine artist and the creator of “The Collect,” a citywide trash-to-art project.

Spiritual Life week opens with Mandy Smith, Writer, Artist and Lead pastor of University Christian Church, a campus and neighborhood congregation with its own fair-trade café in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Originally from Australia, Mandy Smith is lead pastor of University Christian Church, a campus and neighborhood congregation with its own fair-trade cafe in Cincinnati, Ohio.  She is a contributing editor for Leadership Journal and the author of Making a Mess and Meeting God. Her latest book is The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry (IVP).  Mandy and her husband Jamie,  a New Testament Professor at Cincinnati Chiristian University, live with their two kids in a little house where the teapot is always warm.  She is also a fine artist and the creator of “The Collect,” a citywide trash-to-art project.