Mike Clarensau is a writer living in the Dallas area where he also serves as dean of the College of Bible and Church Ministries for a Christian university. He has authored more than a dozen books, including From Belonging to Becoming, Journey to Integrity, The Sanctity of Life, and coauthored Give Them What They Want, and We Build People, a discipleship strategy book used in Pentecostal churches throughout the United States. Mike and his wife, Kerry, live in Waxahachie, Texas, and have two sons and two granddaughters.