Robert Michael Mayor has been a priest in the Episcopal Church in the United States for more than 17 years. In that time he has searched for an authentic expression of the Divine that is relevant to a contemporary context. He has degrees from San Diego State University and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, and has done extensive post-graduate study in spirituality, theology, philosophy, and psychology. He is a spiritual director, pastoral counselor, and the Rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Lakewood, Washington, where he lives with his wife and son.