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Alva F. Hohl, Jr. is a retired United Church of Christ pastor having served over 40 years in UCC congregations in northern Iowa and northwest Indiana. He received his bachelor’s degree in English from Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois, a Master of Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary in Webster Groves, Missouri, and a Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary in New Brighton, Minnesota. In his retirement, Rev. Hohl has written a series of published essays entitled Picking Up the Pieces: When Faith and Culture Collide published by Dorrance Press. When not researching and writing, he crafts furniture in his woodshop. He is an avid sports enthusiast (a fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Cubs, and the Green Bay Packers), enjoys fishing, as well as walking and bicycling with his wife, Carole. He has been told that story-telling is one of his strengths—a strength shared liberally in his writing. Hohl and his late wife, Kathy, are the parents of two adult children (Carolyn and Nathan) and the grandfather of four. Actually, it’s seven if you include Carole’s 3 amazing grandchildren. He and Carole live in Huntington, Indiana.