The Winding Path of Transformation - Finding Yourself Between Glory and Humility

Jeff Tacklind is lead pastor of Church by the Sea in Laguna Beach, California, where he lives with his wife and three children. He is a spiritual director and has a master's degree in philosophy and a doctorate in semiotics and future studies.

Cathleen Falsani is an award-winning religion journalist and author, specializing in the intersection of faith and culture. Her books include the critically acclaimed The God Factor, Sin Boldly, The Dude Abides, BELIEBER, and Disquiet Time (coedited with Jennifer Grant). Falsani is a longtime correspondent for Religion News Service and a featured writer for Sojourners, where she was the director of new media from 2010 to 2012. She was the religionwriter and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times from 2000 to 2010, and was the faith and values columnist for the Orange County Register. In addition to her work covering religion in the United States and abroad, Falsani has writtenextensively about global poverty, AIDS and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, and other issues affecting the developing world. In 2005, Falsani received the James O. Supple Religion Writer of the Year award from the Religion Newswriters Association, and shetwice has been a finalist for the Templeton Religion Reporter of the Year award. She serves as a member of the advisory board for Girls and Women at the ONE Campaign.