The Barefoot Evangelist

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I still remember sitting beside an older woman at a church dinner. We were talking about something I’d taken for granted – one of those pieces of history that helps make sense of the Christian faith. As I explained it, she became visibly emotional. Finally, she looked at me and asked,

“I’ve been a churchgoer my whole life. Why am I just learning this now?”

That question has stayed with me ever since.

For too long, I’ve watched wonderful scholarship remain locked away in universities while everyday people were left to wonder. I believe history, theology, and the Bible shouldn’t belong only to academics. They belong around kitchen tables, in church halls, in classrooms, and in conversations between friends.

That’s why Barefoot Evangelist exists.

For more than thirty years, I’ve served as a pastor, teacher, and speaker, helping people explore faith through history, culture, and conversation. My academic background includes studies in cultural anthropology, ministry, and Christian history, with a particular focus on women in the early Church. Alongside that work, I’ve spent more than twenty years homeschooling, learning firsthand that curiosity grows best when people are invited to ask good questions rather than simply memorize answers.

Whether I’m writing a workbook for preschoolers, teaching teenagers about the Trinity, exploring the lives of women in Scripture, recording a podcast, or writing fiction, my goal is always the same: to translate scholarship into language that ordinary people can understand, enjoy, and use.

You don’t have to have all the answers before you begin. You simply have to be willing to ask good questions.

So welcome.

Pull up a chair.

There’s always room for one more at our common table.