Dr. Mark D. Roberts is a Senior Strategist for Fuller’s Max De Pree Center for Leadership, where he focuses on the spiritual development and thriving of leaders. He is the principal writer of the daily devotional Life for Leaders and the founder of the De Pree Center’s Flourishing in the Third Third of Life Initiative. Previously, Mark was the executive director of the De Pree Center, the lead pastor of a church in Southern California, and the senior director of Laity Lodge in Texas. He has written eight books, dozens of articles, and over 3,000 devotions that help people discover the difference God makes in their daily lives and leadership. With a PhD in New Testament from Harvard, Mark teaches courses at Fuller Seminary. Mark is married to Linda, a marriage and family counselor, spiritual director, and executive coach. Their two grown children are educators at the high school and college levels.