Tell us a little bit about yourself. How did you get into writing?
I have always dabbled in creative and technical writing. After 9/11, I joined the FBI to help to keep America safe. As a prior FBI intelligence analyst, entrepreneur, US Army veteran with experience in imaging and Computer Aided Design, I was raised Catholic but became a non-denomination Christian as a teenager.
I have always been curious about the Shroud of Turin. I believe that God wants us to know the truth about its origin. And, I believe he wants us to search for the truth in it. What God has revealed to us about Jesus, salvation, and Gods plan for man, comes from the scriptures. However, there is more to the world we live in and mysteries in the universe that we don’t understand, that the scriptures do not reveal. One of the traits of a good intelligence analyst is curiosity. The curiosity I had, combined with my FBI and technology experience, helped me research and write the book Traumergy.
What inspired you to write your book?
Good question. As I said previously, Curiosity make a good intelligence analysts and researcher. Well, to start with, I was pondering the wonders of Gods universe and how much science does not know or understand about the universe and the makeup of the neutrinos. I was also reading books on the Shroud of Turin and focusing on the mystery of what formed the image on the Shroud. So, my thought was how was the image formed by some yet unknown scientific explanation about Neutrinos in the universe, that will get others to wonder and read about.
There are many ideas of how the image was formed.
Researching different forms of energy led me to research NEUTRINOS. They are subatomic particles, similar to electrons. Sometimes, called ghost particles, because they are hard for scientist to detect. Neutrinos travel through matter, undergo a process similar to light traveling through a transparent material. Experiments by scientists have revealed that when neutrinos travel through matter that only a small fraction of the neutrino’s energy is transferred to the material, if any. So, based on this I thought, can neutrinos transfer energy to a fabric during one of the most traumatic events in history? The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
What theme or message do you hope readers will take away from your book?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
– Hamlet (1.5.167-8)
What drew you into this particular genre?
I believe that science is trying to ‘catch up’ to Gods truth. I am just trying to get people to realize that there is real truth and its not subjective. Jesus is who he said he was. The Shroud of Turin is one of the many proofs, based on evidence, of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
If you could sit down with any character in your book, what would you ask them and why?
To all the Physic students of Prof. Peter Morley. Do you now believe that Jesus rose from the dead and he confirmed his identity as the Son of God and his work of atonement, redemption, reconciliation, and salvation?
The resurrection was a real, literal, physical raising of Jesus’ body from the dead. It shows that God has the power to raise us from the dead. It guarantees that the bodies of those who believe in Christ will not remain dead but will be resurrected at some God ordained time in the future to eternal life.
The Shroud depicts this based on the evidence on the burial cloth itself. Should we have faith that the Shroud of Turin is the true burial cloth? That’s up to you. I choose to believe it.” I guess a question, I want the readers to come away with is “What does the image on the Shroud of Turin mean to you?” And, if you believe it’s the burial cloth of Jesus then, I hope you have an answer for the question Jesus asked his disciples, “Who Do You Say I am?”
What advice would you give to aspiring or just starting authors out there?
Don’t give up. Accept disappointments. Getting rejections is just part of the process. Don’t get discouraged. Make perseverance your friend.
What does the future hold in store for you? Any new books/projects on the horizon?
Of course, Traumergy (Book 1) is focused on the discovery of Traumergy and the primary truth it finds in the resurrection of Christ.
Traumergy (Book 2), is centered around threats based on the discovery of Traumergy. Knowing the truth of the resurrection of Christ, Professor Peter Morley must now reexamine what is the significance of Jesus’ resurrection and fight against criminal powers who do not want the truth to be revealed? The story continues to interweave the discovery of Traumergy with Peter Morley’s morals and beliefs in the face of conflict and danger.
Traumergy (Book 3) Peter Morley is faced with Servathon founders, joining with or using other negative forces, (e.g., from a secular world, atheism, and religious worldly powers) for revenge. He must use his discovery and his unique skills against the threats and defeat them, with Gods help, the bad guys. Some of the bad guys come to know and accept the truth, convert to Christianity and join forces with Peter Morley.
