Nancy Swihart has served as Professor of English and Department Head of General Studies at Manhattan Christian College; editor and writer for National Center for Fathering; speaker at various women’s retreats and conferences; and founding member of Wellspring, Inc. She and her husband, Judson J. Swihart, have three grown children and eleven grandchildren.
As a child in Pennsylvania, Nancy gave her life to Jesus during a camp meeting. As a teenager, she says she “fell in love with Jesus, the One who loved me and accepted me just as I was. My life was never the same.”
Nancy co-authored the book, Beside Every Great Dad (Tyndale, 1993).
Follow Nancy and her experiences on the Wellspring farm at: http://nancyswihart.com/. For the full story of how God directed the Swiharts from a thriving ministry in Southern California to a rustic farm in rural Kansas, establishing creative Christian community where countless people have found respite, times of refreshing and grounding in the faith, read her memoir, ON KITTEN CREEK: SEARCHING FOR THE SACRED.