Who I Am.

I could provide ‘facts’ such as that I earned a PhD from the University of Michigan (which I am really pleased about though I tend to refer to this time as 3½ years God was keeping me out of trouble). I could talk about my work life by sharing that I have taught on the college level or that I was the Head Cashier at our family bank for over 10 years or that I was employed as a CSM at my local Walmart. How ‘bout that I adore Scottish Terriers and was owned by 2 of them for over 15 years. Perhaps that I am a devoted Anglophile – love England, and all things English?

But none of that says anything that shares the ‘I’ in me. All the bits and pieces identify the external me but you really have little understanding of who I am, who I’m becoming, Whose I am, nor how I go about being me from ‘facts’.  However, you will get a better understanding of me and what’s important to me if you read any of my writings. I do love to write and my emphasis is helping Christians, of any age, to begin or continue their journey of discovering who they are and what’s important as they grow as Christians.

I would like to describe myself as a practicing Christian (my definition). I am both a writer and a teacher – I tend to write like I talk (or vice versa). My focus is to use questions as the primary method to help, challenge, and encourage others. It is critical to know what we believe and why. I pray that my books will cause the reader to continue their adventure, journey of growing into becoming all they can be.