Jerry Minchew

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Biography
  

 

 Background Information

      Jerry was born and raised in a family of ten children in Alabama. He enlisted in the Air Force at 18 and served in New Mexico, Thailand and England.  After his discharge he attended Mobile College and there met and married Vickie Walters.  Jerry holds two degrees from Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX.  He and Vickie have two children and one granddaughter.  He has served as the pastor of the Jonesboro Baptist Church in Jonesboro, Texas and as the pastor of the Bodenburg Butte Baptist Church in Palmer, Alaska.  He retired from full time ministry in 2001 but continues to serve as a USAF chaplain in the Civil Air Patrol where he hold's the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.  He and Vickie make their home in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee where Jerry has worked in Nuclear Security since 9/11.

 

 Accomplishments

      Jerry's most recent award is the Squadron Chaplain Officer of the Year from the Tennessee Wing Air Force Auxiliary (aka Civil Air Patrol).  Over the years he has been the recipient of many such awards, but his most valued accomplishment is not an award but a little three year old girl named Apryl MaKaya Nichole Minchew, his granddaughter.

 

 Additional Information

Jerry is a member of these professional organizations:

The Military Writers Society of America (MWSA)
http://www.militarywriters.com

The Chattanooga Writers Guild (CWG)
http://www.chattanoogawritersguild.org

The Civil Air Patrol (CAP - The official auxiliary of the USAF)
www.chattanoogacap.info 


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BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY
 

Name: Michael Williams
Book: The Four Horsemen
Address:
http://www.michaelwilliamsbooks.biz/
Comment:  The Four Horsemen is an attention grabber. It was really cool to read a novel that is set in the town of Chattanooga, where I live. I could easily put myself into the action. I enjoy different genre's and this book had nearly all of them: suspense, intrigue, mystery, action and romance. I found it difficult to put the book down. I hope that this is the first of many novels by this author.

Name: Cynthia Hickey
Book Title: Pursued By Evil
Address: www.cynthiahickey.com
Comment: Check out amazon.com and barnes&noble.com for my review of this book.

 

Name: Samantha Thomas

Books: Greed, Murder, Lies

            Dark Eyes, Blue Skies

 Address: www.paisleyplace.com/samanthathomas 

Comment: Samantha has realized her dream of becoming a published author in spite of personal adversity.

 

Name: Rebecca Randolph Buckley

Book: Midnight At Trafalgar Square

Address: www.beckybuckley.com

 

The following sites have a list of various author websites with links to amazon.com.  If you are looking for another author click on one of them.

www.donnashmidt.com/page1.html                        www.romadesai.com 
    

On this site Shanice has a moving 9/11 memorial

http://shanice2004.net/


 CIVIL AIR PATROL

I am proud to serve as a member of the Civil Air Patrol (USAF Auxiliary).  For information about the mission of the CAP go to: www.chattanoogacap.info  

A wonderful and moving online memorial to the Vietnam veterans is located at:  http://thewall-usa.com/ 
 
    

    Q & A 

I will use this section to answer the most frequently asked questions as well as to respond to comments posted on my guest book.  So if you have a question or comment that is not listed here please post it on the guestbook and I will respond to it as quickly as I can.  If you would like a personal e-mail from me leave your e-mail address when you sign the guest book.  Your name will show publicly but your address will not.


Q.  (This is by far the most frequently asked question.  Hardly a day goes by that someone doesn't ask me this, and I am flattered every time.)  Where is Knighthawke II?
 A. I am currently working on, what I think will be, the last chapter.  Hopefully I will have it complete in 2 months (so what do you want, quantity or quality, huh?)

Q.   When will Knighthawke II be available?
A.  That is an unknown at this point.  Before I got into it I had no clue what it took to get a book published.  PA only signed a contract for one book.  So I have to go through the process of submission, acquisition, contract, editing, etc.  But I will keep everyone posted here.

Q.   Are you a Trekkie?
A.   Absolutely, since 9-22-66 when "Where no man has gone before" first aired.  I origninally watched Star Trek on our black and white t.v.  But when my aunt and uncle got their first color t.v. the entire family, on my Daddy's side, would crowd into their living room on Friday nights to watch Star Trek in color!  The references to Star Trek in Knighthawke were intended as a tribute to the legacy of Star Trek.  I hope that they were taken as such.
   I'm also a Star Wars fan.  Right now would be a good time to respond to 2 of the posts on my guestbook:
 (1) To Emperor Palpatine who posted March 17th: Michael is strong and you will not turn him to the Dark Side.  In fact your destiny is sealed.  You will be destroyed by the hand of Lord Vader himself.  I have foreseen it!
 (2) To Yoda who posted on March 17th: Michael will meet you on Dagobah to continue his training.  But he has an important mission to complete first.  Planet Earth is depending upon him.

Q.  I was interested in the alien organisms that transformed Michael into Knighthawke. They were almost angel-like in their description. Was that intentional I wonder? Thank you for the entertaining book, I'm a fan.  Paula B. Kavathas, PhD 

 

A.   Thank you Dr. Kavathas for your compliment.  You are correct, the analogy was intentional.  One of the people who has inspired me is C.S. Lewis.  I have always been fascinated with the typeology that he wrote into The Chronicles of Narnia.  The Bible refers to Angels as messengers of God and ministering spirits.  Along with the work of the Holy Spirit they are sent to help and empower us just like the alien organisms that transformed Michael into Knighthawke.  I am really glad that people are seeing that symbolism there.  Thank you.

 
I love to hear from my readers.  If you have a comment or a question about me or my writing (or my grandaughter ) please send an e-mail to jerry.minchew@yahoo.com and I will respond to you as quickly as possible.  You can also visit my other website http://www.freewebs.com/jerryminchew/index.htm and leave a message on that guestbook. Thanks.


CONTACT ME

I love to hear from my readers.  If you have a comment or a question about me or my writing (or my grandaughter ) please send an e-mail to jerry.minchew@yahoo.com and I will respond to you as quickly as possible.  You can also visit my other website http://www.freewebs.com/jerryminchew/index.htm and leave a message on that guestbook. Thanks.