Biography

I am an author and pastor in Northern Illinois. I was single for nearly the first decade of my pastorate. I helped launch a largely organic ministry that grew into a church. With a B. A. in Classics and History from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and a M.Div from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, I have worked with churches in Europe, South America, and North America. My nonfiction works center around looking at our churches with differing perspectives and seeing where we need to adapt to meet the needs of the 21st century.

To date, my fiction works fall into the Fantasy genre. My "Ouranic Histories: Echo and the Malachim" series centers around a guardian angel who protects people throughout the empires of the world. This is an extension of my lifelong love affair with mythology and fantasy movies like Labrynth, Willow, and Legend.