John Mark is teacher and writer from Topanga Canyon in LA.

For nearly two decades, he was the founding pastor at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon. He spent many years working out discipleship to Jesus in the post-Christian West.

In 2021, after leading a five-year initiative around spiritual formation called “Practicing the Way,” he stepped away from his role to create simple, beautiful formation resources for church communities around the world.

Today, he is developing new practices, courses, and podcasts for Practicing the Way and serving as a teacher in residence at Vintage Church LA with my wife T and our three kids.

He is also the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including: Practicing the Way, the bestselling The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, and Live No Lies, God Has a Name, and Garden City.

He holds a master’s degree in Biblical and Theological Studies from Western Seminary, but these days, you’ll find him out walking the oak groves of the Santa Monica mountains working on his next project.