Wayne E. Brickey has spent more than thirty years as a teacher and curriculum writer in the Church Educational System, a lecturer at Education Week and Know Your Religion gatherings, and a tour guide to various Church history, Holy Land, and Central American sites. Brother Brickey, the author of Making Sense of Suffering. and the co- author of Peace, Be Still, holds a doctor’s degree in educational philosophy from Brigham Young University.

He and his wife, Joanne, live in Orem, Utah. They are the parents of twelve children.