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RETIREMENT
RETIREMENT
Curating the conversations of a changing season of life.
Retirement is more than leaving a career—it is discovering who we are when familiar roles begin to change. These essays preserve the questions, stories, and quiet discoveries that often go unnoticed, inviting readers to reflect on purpose, family, legacy, and the surprising possibility that this season still holds more becoming than ending.
THE LOST ART OF SHEPHERDING TEENS
Curating the stories that shape young lives.
For more than fifty years I watched ordinary adults quietly influence extraordinary teenagers. This collection preserves the lessons, relationships, and moments that remind us shepherding has never been about programs—it has always been about presence.
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
Curating life's unexpected mile markers.
Some of life's greatest lessons arrive without warning. These essays preserve the crossroads, adventures, failures, and unexpected turns that shaped my journey and may help readers better understand their own.
TEN BALLOONS
Curating a life of intention.
Over decades of teaching and mentoring, one simple framework continued to help people bring balance and purpose to their lives. This collection invites readers to reflect on the ten essential areas that shape who we become.
GOD ISN'T FINISHED YET
Curating a lifetime of God's unexpected faithfulness.
Looking back across decades of ministry, travel, relationships, and holy surprises, this collection celebrates a God who continues writing our stories long after we imagine the final chapter has been written.
What started as a memoir turned into something much more - a genre-defying, spirit-filled journey shaped by the twists, turns, and divine surprises of my faith journey. It is part historical narrative, part spiritual adventure, and entirely a reflection of how grace shows up - in remote mission fields, local jails, and in countless untold stories finally ready to be shared.
It’s a book about sacred moments across continents, comedic run-ins with the law, and a deeply personal look at what happens when discipleship doesn’t follow a straight line. It’s an unconventional how-to for youth ministry and mentoring, a mystery woven with redemption, and maybe even a retirement fantasy - but not the golf-course-and-sunset kind. Think second acts, holy detours, and callings that never quite let you settle down.
And if there’s a true candidate for sainthood in these pages, it’s Sherri - my partner of 58 years—whose patience, grace, and grit probably earned her a whole chapter in heaven.
So get ready to laugh, reminisce, reflect—and maybe even wrestle a bit—with a God who never gives up. Because believe me: God Isn’t Finished Yet