My Father in heaven said, “I want you to write for Me” so I picked up a pen and called myself Writer in the Sky. But I dallied, not really applying myself to His call. While Pastoring a church I planted, I attended a large convention and found myself standing in front of the platform waiting for a word from the Lord.
“Write!” He rumbled -- the voice He uses when I dawdle. Standing with hundreds, responding to the altar call for “Ministers who feel like square pegs in a round hole,” I suddenly knew what to do: Lead people to Christ by writing short stories and putting them on the radio. Quitting the Pastorate, I began.
A small radio station taught me everything and when I ran out of money they put my stories on for free because, “They reach the lost and the lost don’t know to support the spreading of the Gospel.” Writing, recording and producing evangelistic stories is the thrust of my ministry.
In five French speaking countries, 45 stations broadcast the 104 stories (so far). I send them one 15 minute program a week in which my stories are told by professionals, backed by improvisational music and studio sound effects. But when I polled the stations I found they broadcast them multiple times a week at prime time! Why? Because the lost are calling wanting to know how they can find this Jesus to help them with their lives like He helped whatever character they just heard.” Look on my CD page to read more about them and to place an order.
These programs are also in “American”. I recommend churches purchase local radio time and use the stories as invitations. It costs about $25 a week for a 15 minute slot. Each CD contains four programs. At the station the Pastor records, or has the station record, a 30 second trailer announcing what church has sponsored the story and give the address and the service times. Try it. Radio produces results.
I printed the stories in three volumes called “An Apple of Gold a Day”. 32 are subtitled, “True Life Testimonies”. 32 are subtitled “Stories From My Heart”. 32 are subtitled “On the Footprints of Jesus”. One story a day with one apple left over, makes these books a daily inspiration, plus selling them pays for more stories. Currently they are sold out and I am awaiting funds to publish them again.
It costs $300 to produce one story. That takes it from translation, recording, music, sound effects, duplication, label and jewel case art to mailing them to the stations. If 240 churches, or individuals, or corporations pay for one story a year, we can reach the world in five languages. Whoever sponsors a story with $300, their name, city and state is written into the credits and whenever that master CD is copied, wherever it is broadcast, the listeners will know who cared enough for the lost to send the Gospel.
The Lord also asked me to write a novel about my experiences being married to a homosexual. I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want people stirring in the ashes of my life with their sticks. But now I’m glad I did. People tell me the book, Sleeping with Demons, has changed their lives. Look on my book page in order to read more and for a link to Tate Publishing in order to place an order.
Another novel that I have written is Buried Lies, which is about overcoming the chaos produced in our lives by the lies we believe about ourselves. Tate has also published that book. Plus, they have just published the Buried Lies Companion Workbook. Look on my book page to read more and for their link.
The proceeds from these writings will go toward paying for more stories to be broadcast to the ends of the earth until Jesus comes. The production is costly, but the programs are ambassadors for Christ. To God be the glory and to Him goes the praise!
To read more about my missionary work go to http://www.iphc.org and you’ll find me under World Missions Ministries.