Jon Hopkins

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Gender Male
Industry Religion
Occupation Youth Pastor
Location Tonganoxie, Kansas, United States
Introduction I have been working with teens for over 36 years and have taken the motto "You'll never grow old if you keep youth in your heart." I won 1st place for poetry and 3rd place for a short story at 2006 Heart of America Christian Writer's conference. And I won first place for Adult Fiction at the 2007 conference. I have a short stories published in these books: "Living the Serenity Prayer" by Jeanette Gardner Littleton entitiled "The Hard Path to Peace" "Love is a Verb" By Gary Chapman entitled "The Heartbeat of Springfield" "God Encounters" by James Stuart Bell called "The Sweet Spot" Zondervan's Boy's Bible (24 devotions) Guidepost's Extraordinary Prayers series - story titled, "Favorable Winds" I play the Mandolin, guitar, the fool, and chase tornadoes for fun.
Interests Mandolin, Guitar, Tornado Chasing, writing, teaching
Favorite Movies Star Wars (episode IV), Conan the Barbarian, Gladiator Master and commander Up
Favorite Music Swan Lake, Anything by Basil Poledouris, Third Day
Favorite Books The Bible by God, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Bold Love by Dan Allendar, Secret of Achievement by Orison Swett Marden