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Category Archives: Conferences and Events
Oct
11
2012
Since I retired from pastoral ministry just over two years ago, I haven’t done much public speaking. A few things here and there, but nothing compared to the weekly Sunday sermons I preached and the almost weekly Bible classes and ministry meetings (did these things for 25 years). Mostly, I’ve been busy writing. Speaking with my hands, you could say. But over the next several weeks that’s going to change. I have four different speaking … READ MORE
Jul
14
2012
We’re just about halfway through the summer, and it’s been as busy as I predicted. It’s been about six weeks since I’ve done a blog update on my writing life. Today, I’ll bring you up to speed. My Trip to Grand Rapids Back in mid-June, I was flown up to Grand Rapids, Michigan to visit with my publishing team at Revell (Revell is a division of Baker Publishing Group). This was an exciting trip on … READ MORE
Jun
1
2012
Things are going well with my current work-in-progress, Book 2 of my fiction series with Dr. Gary Smalley. I’ve been writing it through the month of May and I’ve just passed the 25% mark. Gary provided some excellent input to make the beginning so much better. It’s been great to work with him on this. Really, writing this book will be my primary project for the balance of the summer. It’s due in by the … READ MORE
May
18
2012
My newest novel, The Discovery, has been out about 7 weeks now and doing well. As of now, there are 55 customer reviews on Amazon, averaging 4.6 Stars. Very grateful for that. And we’ve received some extremely good reviews from a number of magazines and blogs, such as: USA Today, RT Book Reviews, Crosswalk.com and Christianbook.com (to name a few). Tomorrow (Sat), I’ll be traveling to Orlando for a booksigning at a Lifeway Christian store … READ MORE
Feb
5
2011
Last weekend I had a wonderful time at the Word Weavers retreat in Fruitland Park, FL. If you’ve been following my blog, you know it was the first time I’ve done any public speaking about writing (I was a pastor for 25 years, so speaking in public wasn’t a challenge). Seemed to go well. No one threw anything at me, nor did anyone get up and leave while I spoke. I consider both of these … READ MORE