My life’s priorities are: Faith, Family and Community.
My life’s motto is:
“Much About Tomorrow,
I Don’t Understand;
I Know Who Holds Tomorrow,
I Know He Holds My Hand.”
My professional background is primarily with technology-based business-to-business systems-solutions including e-Learning, Workforce Management and Document Management. I’ve held Senior-Level Sales and Sales Management roles in Fortune 500-level companies, like Kronos and Minolta, as well as in three successful Start-Ups. In more recent years, I made myself available as a Consultant for Sales Organizations, Media and Political Campaigns. Then, I returned to the foundation of my college education, first, teaching in a Special Education Program for K-5 children with Autism and finally, as Registrar for a Middle School. In retirement my Wife, Ruth and I served on staff at Calvary Rosarito, MX as self-supporting missionaries.
The metamorphosis of my writing began with my English Composition 101 class at Indiana State University. That was my first real recognition of enjoying writing and that I possessed some writing talent. In my professional life, I mostly used my writing abilities for producing Sales related materials. An exception to this was a script I wrote for a skit that was presented in a night club during a top performers reward trip to Spain’s Costa Del Sol. The overwhelming reaction of that audience let me know that my creative-writing talent was much richer than I’d previously understood. A most rewarding experience with my writing was the seven years I got to serve as a Pen Pal in Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s New Life Prison Fellowship Ministry. In more recent years, I continued to hone my writing skills through blogging.
Being aware of having some writing talent has seemed peculiar to me. First, though I know I do have talent as a Writer, there’s something about saying so that seems a bit egotistical. With that said, I know that I’m no James Clavell. Regardless, whatever my level of writing talent is, I know it is a gift from God. And, whether it’s lesser than some or greater than others, He gave it to me for His purposes. With that in mind, in 2011, I took on a role as a Writer for Calvary Chapel Magazine. And, along with that change, the aim of my blogging became, solely, to serve His purposes.
