Rev. Dr. Maj. (retd) Harold Ristau is an adjunct professor at Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ont., who is presently deployed as academic dean to the Lutheran School of Theology in Kenya. He served 11 years in the Canadian Armed Forces Royal Canadian Chaplain Service, deployed to both Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Middle East, after which he received a Chief of the Defence Staff Commendation. Ristau is the author of several books, articles, and publications on a wide range of subjects, mainly theological.