Personal Notes on John and Joyce

Joyce is a discipler of many, gardener, writer, and, and raises chickens on our place we call "Blessing Hill." Her published works include: Finding God in the Garden, a devotional calendar; In God’s Garden, a devotional for gardeners, both from Tyndale House Publishers; and Goodbye Jeanine, a memoir of Joyce’s faith journey after their daughter’s suicide; NavPress. She has also written for Discipleship Journal and other publications.

John has renovated a 1900's terra cotta, stucco and concrete horse and carriage barn into their present home. He loves designing and building, woodworking, woodturning, gardening and getting about on his red 1992 750CB Honda Nighthawk motorcycle.

John has been on staff with the Navigators more than forty-five years. He pioneered the work at Virginia Tech in 1961, and started or aided ministries on military bases and college campuses in the Washington, D.C. area.