Deborah J. Ziebarth, PhD, MSN-Ed., RN-BC, is a nurse scholar, researcher, theorist, author, and retired missionary whose Christian faith has shaped more than 50 years of study, service, and ministry. She and her husband previously served as missionaries in Somalia. They live in Wisconsin but winter in Sanford Florida where they serve as Royal Volunteers with Ethnos360 Homes. Her writing draws upon a lifetime of studying Scripture, Christian ministry and missions, nursing, and scholarly inquiry as she explores topics of faith and spiritual life.