Publications

A Lenten Journey: A Contemplative Devotional on the Passion and Resurrection of Christ. 2016 Paperback on demand from CreateSpace.
2012 eBook available on Kindle and ePub formats. 

Springing from the desire for a deeper appreciation and participation with Christ, this Lenten Journey consists of nine weeks of devotional meditations and questions for reflection. The first seven weeks follow Christ’s journey through His passion. Two additional weeks after Easter explore the reality of Jesus’ resurrection life.








Angels of the Blockade: The Story of Marina Sergeyevna Kartnikova, as retold by Bill O'Byrne. 2016 eBook, available on Kindle, and ePub formats, or as a Paperback on demand formats. 

God was not absent or silent during the "900-Day Siege" or Blockade of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg, Russia). The compelling story of little Marina Sergeyevna and her parents demonstrates the significant role that one family of Christians played in surviving the Blockade, and how Russian Christians helped other people survive it with dignity and with faith in God. They did so at great political and personal risk to themselves. This story could not have been told during the militantly atheist, soviet era, but it has an important message to convey to post-soviet Russians, who believe that chance or their own strength saved them from fascism. God did not abandon Russia. Faith in God was the secret of strength in weakness. Ideal for classrooms and home-schooling environments, Angels of the Blockade includes project ideas to accompany any unit on World War II on age appropriate levels from about 4th grade and up.





Fugitive Encounters: The Story of Luke, Gospel Writer. 2016 available in Paperback (print on demand) and ePub formats. Coming soon on Kindle. 

During the imprisonment of the Apostle Paul in Judea in 57 AD, Luke finds himself a fugitive, who is on a mission to write an accurate account of all that Jesus began to do and teach, in Greek for generations of the Church to come. As he flees from the attempts of the Pharisees to arrest him as Paul's accomplice, Luke has divine encounters with apostles, eyewitnesses and "attendants of the word," who help him on his fugitive way, and also help him encounter the reality of Jesus behind the words. 


Fugitive Encounters relates a fictional, though historically and biblically plausible, account of the writing of Luke's Gospel in the form of a novel. Readers of all ages and levels of familiarity with Gospel studies will enjoy seeing the Gospel come alive to Luke in the context of the third decade of the Early Church.


OTHER ARTICLES:
"Longing for God at the Heart of Mission." co-authored with Tom Ashbrook in Global Mission Handbook: A Guide for Crosscultural Service. Steve Hoke and Bill Taylor. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Books, rev. ed. 2009, pp. 58-61.

Various articles and Prayer Resources at ImagoChristi.org.