Rita Cato Cochrane calls Nashville, Tennessee home. She received her degree in education from Lipscomb University and taught middle school for 25 years. Rita currently serves as the Director of Women’s Ministries at the Church of Christ in Green Hills and is on the Board of Directors at Healing Hands International. Rita married her high-school sweetheart, Michael Cochrane, and is mother to three adult children, grandmother to six rambunctious boys, and “American Mom” to four international students. Rita speaks and teaches for conferences, Bible classes, and lectureships in the US and abroad. She also writes a weekly email devotional called “Monday Meditation” and has published two women’s Bible study books entitled, Lace Up Those Sneakers, Let's Take a Walk with God and Untying Yesterday’s Knots. Rita was featured on a segment of “Author’s Showcase” on TBN network television. Rita’s hobbies include walking, cooking, and traveling the world.