I wrote the Biblical novel Martha's Sister Beloved Prodigal in 2017 and revised it to Beloved Prodigal in 2018.
I grew up near the center of the United States in Lawrence, Kansas and went to a one-room school called Knowledge Hill. After attending junior high and high school in "town" I graduated and joined the military, serving in both the Army and Air Force. Later I attended the University of Kansas through the GI Bill, earning a degree in Advertising and Editorial Art. I also studied Creative Writing. The world considered me an old student at thirty. Youth ruled.
It broke my heart when KU closed the art school. You’ll find my records in the School of Architecture. But ask me to design a house at your own risk.
Divorced, I supported my son by temping—everything from factory work to a week in the service of a US senator. Meanwhile I hunted for a job in my field. I didn’t look the part of an artist in those days: a young man with a beard and a top age of twenty. A year and a half out of college, I landed my first professional job.
The Lord accepted me into His kingdom March 1985
Beloved Prodigal is my first novel. In 2008 I compiled the book Escape from the Prison System, Finding the Narrow Door. It tells short stories of prisoner salvation. Nothing excites me more than to see lives dramatically changed through Christ.