Author, Educator, Theologian
Jon A. Herrin
Welcome! Join me as I write about life through lenses of experience and practical theology.
“Imagination is the soil from which grows our hopes, dreams, and ambitions. Sow that soil with good books and good movies. Water it with good conversation… and maybe a glass of wine.” – David Preston
Books by Jon
New Release
Now Available in Paperback and Kindle!
In a post-modern world looking desperately for grounding, for a place to find solid footing, this book, “Genesis Speaks Today,” provides a thoroughly comforting and comprehensive review of the opening scenes of reality. In these pages and the pages of Scripture, readers find a God who loves the Creation and who works in and through us to bring the message of redemption, renewal, hope, and possibility that our world desperately seeks and craves.
The newest book from Jon A. Herrin, “Genesis Speaks Today: Redeeming Ancient Narratives for Contemporary Living,” is now available in both English and Spanish and in both paperback and Kindle on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Also available at Barnes & Noble
Writings
Jon has written a variety of articles, essays, and blogs. While most of his writings are in English, you’ll find that some are in English and Spanish, and some are just in Spanish.
For Jon, his hope, his dream, his desire is that something he has written might be a help, an encouragement, or simply a diversion for you in this journey of life.
Author, Educator, Theologian
About Jon
While born in south Alabama, Herrin left the U.S. when he was just turning four years old. His parents — missionaries Manget and Elaine Herrin — raised Jon and his two brothers in Guyana, South America, and on the island of Grenada in the West Indies. After coming to the U.S. when he was turning 17 years old, he finished high school and then studied English in university (B.A., M.A.T.). While in graduate school the first time around, Jon met his wife Jeanne. From grad school, Herrin went on to become an assistant professor of English.
A lifelong educator (college, university, and seminary, as a teacher and administrator), Jon is also an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church. Having studied theology and the Bible extensively (M.T.S., M.Div., Th.M., Th.D.), he enjoys teaching and writing for the Church and the Academy.
With his wife Jeanne and their three children, Jon lived and served in both Venezuela and Mexico over the course of seven years in international cross-cultural service. In 2011, Jon and Jeanne settled in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, on the US/Mexico border, where they love the culture, food, and climate… and the slower speed of life.
Herrin’s hobbies and happy places include writing, reading, teaching, hiking, and… espresso!
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