Dr. Kathryn Butler trained in surgery and critical care at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where she then joined the faculty. Dr. Butler left clinical practice in 2016 to homeschool her children and now writes regularly for desiringGod.org and the Gospel Coalition on topics such as faith, medicine, and shepherding kids in the gospel. She is the author of Between Life and Death: A Gospel-Centered Guide to End-of-Life Medical Care (Crossway, 2019), and Glimmers of Grace: A Doctor’s Reflections on Faith, Suffering, and the Goodness of God (Crossway, 2021). She lives with her husband and two kids north of Boston.