Hi! I’m JL Gerhardt.
I was nine years old when I stepped down into the chilly baptismal waters—Spirit hovering, Jesus beckoning, Father smiling. That’s when I died. And that’s when my Father raised me to new life.
Since then, there’s been a lot of drowning. And a lot of being rescued. And even a little walking on water. But no matter what’s come, no matter the darkness or the challenge, Yahweh has been by my side.
It was when I started paying attention, looking for Him, expecting Him, studying Him—that’s when the most exciting thing happened.
I fell in love.
Everything I do and everything I am emanates from that love.
Writer: “Good writing is like a windowpane.” George Orwell
Teacher: "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." William Butler Yeats
Pilgrim: “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.” Hebrews 11:13
Mystic: “Christian mysticism seeks to describe an experienced, direct, nonabstract, unmediated, loving knowledge of God, a knowing or seeing so direct as to be called union with God.” D. D. Martin
I hope you’ll check out my books and SUBSCRIBE to The Goodness, a twice-a-month email I send with my newest writing.
David famously says in Psalm 27, “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” I completely agree, and when I catch a glimpse, I take notes.
If you’re interested in having me speak at one of your events, check out the speaking page for more info. If you just want to know a little more about me—the about page.
Thanks for stopping by!
