Brief Bio
Tom Schwanda spent the first eighteen years of his ministry as a pastor serving in three Reformed Church in America congregations in New Jersey and Michigan. After working in publishing and a denominational position in Christian formation for five years he began teaching, first at Kuyper College in Grand Rapids and then Wheaton College in Illinois. Additionally, he taught at Fuller Theological Seminary for over three decades both in the English and Korean Doctor of Ministry programs. All of his teaching has concentrated in various aspects of Christian spirituality and worship. Tom is also as spiritual director.
Current Work
Over the past years I have struggled with insomnia. That inspired my research and writing on the history of spirituality of sleep and sleeplessness. This article was published, “When Sleep is Elusive: The Spiritual Consequences and Means Towards Coping With Insomnia” in the Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care.
This inspired my current project of collecting evening hymns and prayers from across the centuries of the church on sleep and sleeplessness. This book is under contract with IVP Academic.