Originally from Australia, Mandy studied Biblical Studies at Cincinnati Christian University and is Lead Pastor of University Christian Church, a campus and neighborhood church and fair-trade cafe in Cincinnati. She is the author of The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry (upcoming, 2015), regular contributor to Christianity Today’s PARSE site and creator of "The Collect," a city-wide trash-to-art project. She is married to Dr. Jamie Smith, New Testament Professor at Cincinnati Christian University, and they live with their two children in a little house by campus where the teapot is always warm.