The author served in the U.S. Navy and then went to college. Graduating with engineering degrees and an MBA, he enjoyed a fifty year plus career as an engineer, businessman, company owner, and university lecturer. He is now retired but writes novels. While reading the New Testament for over sixty years and teaching Sunday School Bible classes for twenty-five years, John Mench Ph.D. has been conflicted by the lack of personality within the testament. He endeavors to add perspective to the message of the testament by creating lives for those who wrote and developed Jesus' message.