Sam Crabtree is a pastor at The North Church in Mounds View, Minnesota, where he has served for over twenty years. He is a former public-school teacher. He also served as the chairman of the board of Bethlehem College and Seminary and on the board of Desiring God for twenty-five years. He is the author of Practicing Affirmation and Parenting with Loving Correction. Sam and his wife, Vicki, live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and have two daughters and six grandchildren.