J. Brent Bill is a photographer, retreat leader, and Quaker minister.

In addition, he’s written or co-written more than 20 books, including Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality and Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker. Brent has served as a local church pastor, a seminary faculty member, and a go-cart track operator. He lives on Ploughshares Farm, which is 50 acres of Indiana farmland he’s turning back into native hardwood forest and a warm season grass prairie.

Come back later this winter to read Brent’s article on this issue’s theme, Silence!