CRUSADES

Dr. Linda Smith has been a Christian since 1977 through the Billie Graham Crusades. Ordained in 1982, Linda has served in the local church as a teacher, pastor, itinerant speaker. She has been married 35 years to Robert Smith. Together they have traveled on mission trips and across the United States sharing the word of God. Linda holds a PhD in Theology from Life Christian University and is now co-pastoring PowerHouse Christian Center and is Dean of PowerSchools (Ministry, Bible, Healing). Her teaching videos can be found at YouTube, XPMedia and Vimeo under God Power TV.

Amanda has experience in working with local independent magazines. She has been published and worked with Marquee Magazine, a local arts and entertainment magazine focused on the Northwest Ohio region. Amanda has also been published and worked with, Flesh from Ashes, a local independent political and arts magazine. In her senior year of high school she mentored with the Lima Newspaper, she worked in page layout, editing, and feature reporting. She was also the lead feature reporter for her high school newspaper. Apart from her writing experience, she also has experience in photography, photo editing. She is a co-owner of a studio under the name of Vivid Visions in downtown Findlay, Ohio. Working towards becoming commercial, for now she works with aspiring models, to help build their portfolios and hers as well. Having done quite a bit of modeling herself for other art and fashion photographers, it gives her an edge to help those that model for her, to teach them in posing and making great photos. Amanda is experienced in working with Photoshop CS4, and Premiere CS4. Her skills in photography have been mostly self-taught, and learned from working with other more experienced photographers. In her spare time she enjoys a variety of hobbies and passions. She enjoys gardening, camping, hiking, cooking, movies, reading fiction, traveling, family and friends. She also enjoys taking care of her six little buddies, her cats, and spending time with her husband. Years of interest and curiosity have led Amanda to study and research extensively upon these subjects , which she enjoys writing about: Mysticism of all major religions, Kabbalah, Tarot and Astrology, Occultism, rituals and rites of various religions, symbolism in religion, the Crusades, Gnosticism, all major religions, meditation, yoga, Western Esotericism, Freemasonry, Secret Societies, Egyptians, and the progression of human spiritual development from primitive times to present day.

C. Paul Martin began writing in 2003 while studying at Christendom College, Va. He specializes in theological/ideological history and socio-historical topics such as the Reformation, the Crusades and the ideology of revolutions. Martin holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in history and theology, and has nearly completed his studies for Master of Arts in history at National University in California.

Brought up in the construction industry, my father was a superintendent who saw to it that I was cross-trained in every field. At sixteen I made foreman over a sod laying crew, "green side up!" while working for a large utility and dirt contractor in Jacksonville Fla. By the age of twenty I was a forman over framing/remodeling crew in Middle Tennessee. At the ripe age of twenty-two, I was the Field Engineer over a six million dollar fitness center for a major university. After working as a field engineer and foreman on large construction projects for a couple of years, I was made superintendent over a twelve million dollar elementary school project. Great for the ego, but major disaster in every other way, no one should be a super at that age, you get no respect from fellow tradesmen no matter how much you think you know. From that point on, I bounced around construction projects working as everything from lead carpenter to forman and even as a set carpenter. For three years, I was the shop forman/lead carpenter for AMPS (America's Music Production Services), while there I built stage sets for half the country music industry not including being the exclusive set builders for the Billy Graham Crusades. Beyond the shallow pool of the music industry I found my true love, so to speak, building log homes. For several years I traveled North America building log homes for many of the largest log home companies. Most recently I worked as estimator, sales and as a super for a local company which built various projects ranging from remodeling the local Honda dealer's showroom to building a new recreation center for a local church. Currently I freelance and build whatever for whoever in and around Middle Tennessee.

Born to Childe (Charley) R. Starks and Shizue Nakayama Starks-1957 Tac WA. MT HS, Class President 75, Co-Capt./Inspirational Awd Football, Wrestling Inspirational Awd 74, UW Grad 80, Career Firefighter-Asst. Chief...Married Wife-Stacie

I like to write a fair amount in my spare time, though I don't often get a chance to finish the work.

I was born in Valencia, California in 1987. It's ironic that I turned out to be a writer, since my first exposure to it was an essay about why I hate writing. I am also the owner of the Content Producers Wiki.