{"id":15,"date":"2024-07-24T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-xl.net\/ArchwayPublishing\/856702\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:19:29","slug":"the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/author_photo.jpg\" alt=\"author\" class=\"wp-image-297\" style=\"width:216px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/author_photo.jpg 500w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/author_photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/author_photo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Waddell<\/strong> recently retired after eighteen years teaching at the University of Mississippi. Previously, he served twenty-five years in local churches as a recreation minister. Through his experiences, he bears witness to the amazing grace God has for everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Waddell has also authored <em>Characters of the Bible: Finding My Stories In Their Stories, Holiday Biblical Characters: Finding My Stories In The Stories of Christmas and Easter, Worship Wars: The Kings Lead The Battle to Spirit and Truth<\/em>, and <em>A Cell Call From Paul: Modern Messages From First-Century Prison Letters<\/em>. He has also written for church newsletters, Lifeway Christian Resources, the Church Sports and Recreation Ministries Association, and the National Recreation and Parks Association. He enjoys spending time with friends and family, including his ten grandchildren.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Waddell recently retired after eighteen years teaching at the University of Mississippi. Previously, he served twenty-five years in local churches as a recreation minister. Through his experiences, he bears witness to the amazing grace God has for everyone. Waddell has also authored Characters of the Bible: Finding My Stories In Their Stories, Holiday Biblical Characters: Finding My Stories In The Stories&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":803,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem3.net\/WestBowPress\/857637\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}