As an author, I've sold over two thousand articles, devotions, editorials, hard-news stories, poems, reviews, scripts, short stories and song lyrics, as well as over one hundred color and black/white photos. My work has appeared in Campus Life, The Christian Communicator, The Christian Reader, Christianity Today, Decision, The Door, Focus on the Family, Leadership, Moody, Rev., Today's Christian Woman and War Cry as well as more than fifty independent and denominational religious publications, plus secular periodicals. For fifteen years I wrote a weekly column in three newspapers. Currently I write a column each issue for Rev. magazine.

I've written thirteen books including . . .

Answering God: The Psalms as Tools for Prayer Leaders Guide for Eugene Peterson (Harper San Francisco, 1992)

Characters (comedy/dramas from Lillenas, 1993)

Communicate to Change Lives in Person and in Print (Wesleyan Publishing House, 2007)

Death & Beyond (Tyndale House, 1993) which received an award of merit in Campus Life's "Book of the Year" contest

Devotional Pursuits: Trivia and Truth (Beacon Hill, 1986)

Keeping Pace (Wesley Press, 1986)

The Persuasive Person (Wesley Press, 1987)

Sex is Not a Four-letter Word (Tyndale House Publishers, 1991)

Should a Christian Wear Purple Sweat Socks? (Wesley Press, 1987)

The Teen Sex Survival Manual (Bridge, 1987).

The Why Files (Concordia, 2000); a three-book series based on over 2,500 young people's questions about sex, death, and the supernatural. "Christian Retailers Choice" award for best series

And I've contributed to fifteen books including . . .

30 Days to a More Incredible Marriage (Tyndale House, 1998)

100 Plus Motivational Moments for Writers and Speakers (Joy Publishing, 1991)

A Complete Guide to Writing for Publication (ACW Press, 1999)

Connections (Moody Press, 1992)

Family Traditions that Last a Lifetime (Tyndale House, 1993)

FeatureWriting.net (EpisteLogic, 2005)

Heartbeat (Tyndale House, 1988)

Mother's & Father's Day Program Builder No. 10 (Lillenas, 2005)

The Pastors' Study Bible (Group/Zondervan, 2000)

Perfect Love (Wesley Press, 1987)

Stories for a Grad's Heart (Multnomah Publishers, 2001)

This Cloud of Witnesses (Taylor University Press, 1999)

Total Quality Life by Stan Toler (Wesleyan Publishing House, 2007)
I wrote the sidebars and collected the quotations.

What Does She Want From Me Anyway? (Harper/Collins/Zondervan, 1997)

Writers on Writing: Top Christian Authors Share Their Secrets for Getting Published (Wesleyan Publishing House, 2005)

Heaven Sent Songs Lyrics from my original songs

Should a Christian [Fill in the Blank]? Picked up by Wesleyan Publishing House as Should a Christian Wear Purple Sweat Socks?

The World's Worst Date Picked up by Bridge/Logos as The Teen Sex Survival Manual

At the age of eight, I asked God into my life while hiding under a roll-top desk during a lightning storm. I lived as an "under-cover" Christian until my junior year in high school when I dedicated my life—and pen—to trying to live out the teachings of Jesus. I'm an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Church.

I'm a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University (1974) with graduate work at Ball State University's School of Journalism and Purdue University's School of Communications.

Last update, May 5, 2008