David Finnegan-Hosey is the author of Christ on the Psych Ward and the upcoming book Grace is a Preexisting Condition: Faith Systems, and Mental Health Care, coming in 2020 from Church Publishing. He currently serves as the College Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministries at Barton College in Wilson, NC, having previously worked with campus ministries at Georgetown University, American University, and the University of Hawaii. He holds an M.Div from Wesley Theological Seminary and a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education from the National Institutes of Health. He is certified by Mental Health First Aid USA to provide initial help to people experiencing depression anxiety psychosis and substance use disorders. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2011, David now speaks and writes about the intersections among mental illness mental health and faith. David lives in NC with his wife Leigh and their dog Penny Lane.