Rev. Dr. Harold L. Bussell received an M.A. in
Psychology from Santa Clara University in 1974
and a D.Div. in 1980 from Andover Newton
Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. He
established a drug rehabilitation center in
Paris, France in 1968-1970, was a pastor in
Saratoga, California from 1970-1976, served as
Dean of Students at Gordon College in Wenham,
Massachusetts from 1976-1988, and was the Senior
Pastor of the First Congregational Church in
Hamilton, Massachusetts from 1984-1996. Since
1996 he has been Senior Pastor at El Montecito
Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara,
California. He is the author of Unholy Devotion
and By Hook or By Crook, as well as numerous
articles in a variety of journals, magazines,
and newspapers.