If you haven’t seen me for a while, or you only know me through my books and website, I have been holding back on you. In fact, I really need a new picture for my driver’s license. But not anymore. Here is the big reveal:
I’ve gone to a beard!
It all began on our family trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in October 2022. Typically, while on vacation, I don’t shave, remembering a quote I read years ago: “A scruffy husband is a happy husband.” After that, it “grew on me,” literally and otherwise. I came to like it, and you know Myra did as well, else it would most definitely be gone!
Still, I didn’t know if I would keep it, so I hadn’t changed my pictures on my site, but I think it’s time to recognize that the beard is part of who I am now.
As far as the writing, it has been going well. I’m a chapter and a half from finishing “A New Home,” maybe 20 days. Of course, that’s during a normal season of ministry. With Easter almost here, I have my doubts I can reach my 500 words a day goal. So, more realistically, it will be the end of April before the first draft is complete. Then, it goes to my editors. My best guess is that it will be the Fall before the book is published.
But I can assure you: it will be well worth the wait!