Reverend Esau McCaulley is an associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. He is the author of many works, including Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance and the children’s book Josie Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit. His book Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope won numerous awards, including Christianity Today’s book of the year. His latest project is the memoir How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South. His work also has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Christianity Today.