Writing is part of so many people鈥檚 faith journey. They find a deep connection to God with words. In this episode of GodPods we want to develop this more with our guest and see how his writing life has helped him connect with God in a very powerful way. Jon is a scholar and author of 30 books on popular history and spirituality. Many of his books are about , most recently he has a new series of fiction for young readers, . Jon鈥檚 faith journey has included two decades spent as an involved evangelical, followed by two decades as an active Episcopalian, and on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi in 2009 he was received into the Catholic Church. Today, he is a practicing Catholic who also prays regularly with his wife, a congregational rabbi. Jon is the father of four and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He works in book publishing and he is the Publisher and Editor and Chief of .
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