Dr. Jamie Aten is the founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute and Blanchard Chair of
Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. This article was adapted from his newest book “
A Walking Disaster: What Katrina and Cancer Taught Me About Faith and Resilience” (Templeton Press, forthcoming January 2019). Follow on Twitter at
@drjamieaten or visit his website
jamieaten.com.