My writing career began the day I saw a red vinyl journal at the checkout line in a hardware store. But that was only the beginning. I've written follow up materials and newsletters for youth ministries. I've written an award winning essay while at Whitworth University that was later published in Christian Parenting Magazine. I've also written essays for Veritas Press. Writing has consistently been one of the great joys of my life, and I hope my book will be a blessing to you. I currently live in Colorado with my wife Beth and two daughters, Faye and Avery, and I have a son on the way. I have