About Me

I spent my childhood years playing basketball and surfing. We attended church every Sunday, but I
never clearly understood the gospel until my senior year in high school. In that year, my entire
family came to know the Lord. In the spring of that same year, I met the woman who would become
the love of my life, Cindi. We dated for a brief period, but I knew my search was over. I asked her to
marry me and, to my great surprise, she said yes. We were married near the end of 1976.

During a retreat a year later, I experienced a call to pastoral ministry. I began studying and
preparing for the next several years. In 1985, I was ordained as a pastor and served in the same
church for 25 years, until I retired from ministry this past August. In 1984, our daughter Rebekah
was born. Six years later, our son Isaac. Both are now grown. I'll always be their Dad, but now we're
also good friends.

And now I get to do something else I love to do...write books. I began writing fulltime last year. I have
four novels out with Revell and a 5th being released in April 2012. I've just finished my 6th book for
them, which will release next September.

Revell has signed me to write 2 books a year for them through 2013, including a 4-book fiction
series with bestselling author and relationship expert, Dr. Gary Smalley.

I was born in Philadelphia in 1957 (guys don't care if you know) to a mostly
blue-collar, hard-working Irish family. My Dad was the first person on either side
of the family to earn a college degree. It took him nine years, working during the
day, going to college at night, using the GI Bill from his war days in Korea. In the
mid-sixties, General Electric hired him as an engineer for the Apollo space
program. We packed up and moved to Florida, which is really where I grew up.

Our daughter Rebekah and her son Caden (our first grandson), are living
with us in Florida. Her husband, Chris, is living back in Texas, trying to get
a job here in Florida so they can be together again. Would appreciate your
prayers for them.

Our son, Isaac, was married to his high school sweetheart, Stephanie in
June. They live in the Daytona Beach area, only 10 minutes away.
Stephanie is a school teacher and Isaac works as a Pharmacy tech at Publix.