Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Ph. D. an award winning author, poet, essayist, and educator, is adjunct Professor of Religion and co-director of The Writers’ Loft at Middle Tennessee State University, and the director of Wisdom House, a center for interfaith study, dialogue, and contemplative practice at the Scarritt-Bennett Center in Nashville. Author of over twenty books on religion and spirituality, Rami also writes a regular column for Spirituality and Health magazine called Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler, and blogs at rabbirami.blogspot.com.