Jaco J. Hamman is director of the Program in Theology and Practice and associate professor of religion, psychology, and culture at Vanderbilt Divinity School. An ordained pastor in the Reformed Church in America, Hamman is author of When Steeples Cry: Leading Congregations Through Loss and Change (Pilgrim Press) and the Abingdon Press book, The Millennial Narrative: Sharing a Good Life with the Next Generation.