Kyle R. Walker was a faculty member in the Counseling Center at Brigham Young University–Idaho, where he also taught part-time in the Religion Department when this was written. He received his BS in family science and his MS and PhD in marriage and family therapy from Brigham Young University. His doctoral dissertation focuses on the family dynamics of the Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith family. He also is the editor of United by Faith: The Joseph Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith Family.