About the Author

D.J Young grew up in Aberdeen, South Dakota. After serving in the U.S. Navy in Japan, he received a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Carroll College in Montana and later did graduate studies in Special Education. After a season of pastoring, D.J. became a Christian School and Bible College teacher and principal for over twenty years. At the same time he and his family hosted over thirty international students with varying lengths of stays-from one week to three years-and various countries-Latvia, Germany, Guatemala, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Switzerland, Indonesia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, etc.. As a board member of Oregon Christian Writers for ten years, D.J. created a team of volunteers and directed three recent successful summer coaching conferences. Presently D.J. Young is a full-time writer, mentor and conference speaker with a passion for encouraging men in their God-given role as Dad. He and his wife Kathy have been married over 45 years and are the parents of five adult children and grandparents of eight.