Beginnings The Spiritual Life is a ten-week study that explores the spiritual "habits of the heart". Each session includes a meal, a video presentation, and a small-group discussion. The study can be used as part of the Beginnings series or as a stand-alone program. Beginnings: The Spiritual Life is the second installment in the Beginnings study series, which includes: Beginnings: An Introduction to Christian Faith Beginnings: The Spiritual Life Beginnings: Longing to Belong Andy Langford is an alumnus of Davidson College, Duke Divinity School and Emory University; his area of expertise are historical theology and liturgy. He served as editor of The United Methodist Book of Worship. Andy enjoys travel in the United States and has visited thirty nations. His hobbies include scuba diving, golf, gourmet cooking, and Duke University basketball. Mark Ralls is a graduate of the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Duke Divinity School, and Princeton Theological Seminary.

Senior pastor of the historic Asbury First United Methodist Church in Rochester, New York, Mark brings to the Beginningsteam his special gifts of teaching and communicating with Christians and seekers. Mark enjoys playing tennis and loves to escape to the mountains to hike with his dogs. Rob Weber, a graduate of Emory University and Illiff School of Theology, is senior pastor and founder of Grace Community United Methodist in Shreveport, Louisiana. Grace Community is a teaching church, with creative multigenerational ministries, that serves over 1200 in worship attendance each week. He is the author of Visual Leadership, ReConnecting, and ReConnecting Worship.