Michael Simone is the founding and Senior Pastor of Spring Branch Community Church in Virginia Beach, VA. His first ministry assignment, in 1972, was working with street kids in East Harlem, NY. He teaches Religious Studies at Saint Leo University, South Hampton Roads Center. Michael is also Chaplain at the Virginia Beach Psychiatric Center. His doctoral work is in Marriage and Family. He wrote the study guide for Couples Who Pray and is a speaker for Marriage, Single Adult and Men’s conferences. His passion is bringing faith and life together through speaking and writing. Spring Branch, a member of the Willow Creek Association, is a premier host site for the Global Leadership Summit. Michael loves baseball and played on the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa. The author lives and works with his wife, Gail, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He walks Bodie and Wilson three times a day.