About

Ray and Beethoven

I came to Christ when I was nineteen and was called to be an evangelist. As prophesied over my life, I have been ministering to the hardcore, one at a time. After forty years of marriage with two children, thirty six years as a probation officer (the last twenty six as a fed), I retired in August 2016 and began working as a mitigation specialist in federal death penalty cases. I have always been a writer. I was a member of the Laguna Beach Poets in the 80s and had a few poems published during the 80s and 90s. I received my masters in English from Cal in 1987. God has used all this to bless me with the words for my first three memoirs and my novella, which are published by Wipf and Stock Publishers (www.wipfandstock.com), a traditional Christian publishing house. Hard Core: Memoir of a Small Moment, Hard Love: A California Memoir, Hard Faith: A Final Memoir, and The Painter: A Novella Based on True Stories are available through Amazon, barnesandnoble.com, and a number of other book sellers. I pray that God will use these books to touch and write on the hearts of many lost souls and encourage the believers.