C. Dean Smith is currently the pastor of First Baptist Church of Petoskey, Michigan. His wife Sharon is his good friend and assistant, regularly providing new ideas and insights for all his projects. He graduated from Grand Rapids Baptist College in 1977. He worked as a welder and painter for a decade, then pastored Calvary Baptist Church in Wakefield, Michigan, and McBain Baptist Church in McBain, Michigan. He is an ardent deer hunter and fisherman. Sharon and he walk hiking trails in the Upper Peninsula whenever they can get away. He shares new insights into the friendship of God on his blog...