Crabb was born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1944 and was a reluctant student of psychology until he began studying abnormal psychology and personality theory. During graduate school he experienced a period of deep scepticism before being guided back to the faith by Francis Schaeffer and CS Lewis. His renewed spiritual passion convinced him that Christianity had a more fundamental role to play in clinical psychology.[1]

Crabb's first books were Basic Principles of Biblical Counseling (Zondervan, 1975) and Effective Biblical Counseling (Zondervan, 1977). He has since gone on to write over 40 further books; some of his more well-known ones include Inside Out, Finding God, Connecting and Men & Women: Enjoying the Difference.

美夢破碎，絕非偶然，它好比一個大型拼圖中的一小塊，或是長篇故事中的某一章節。雖然人們常常因為美夢破碎而失望、痛苦，但也有許多人因此經曆瞭生命中最大的喜樂。

本書作者在書中就像一個人類內在世界的領隊，藉由聖經路得記中的拿俄米由苦轉甜的經曆，一步步地帶領讀者進入內心深處，得以真實麵對神，發現以祂為樂的真相，並明白祂使用一個破碎的夢，不是要摺磨你，而是為瞭讓你通往真正的喜樂，對祂有更深邃的渴慕。讀完此書，你也能得著安慰與鼓勵。在失望之餘，發現最大的喜樂就是：遇見神自己。