Joel HempelJoel Hempel has an MA in pastoral counseling from the Athenaeum of Ohio and an MDiv from Concordia Theological Seminary. He is an emeritus ACPE educator and certified pastoral counselor with the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Previouslya pastor in the LCMS, Hempel now serves as a writer, teacher, and director of deacons in his home congregation. He has been married to Marcia for five and a half decades, and together they have two sons, a daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren. Read More Read Less