• Communicate to Change Lives: Biblical and Behaviorial Principles for Persuasive Communication "I laughed, I gulped, and I learned as I read Jim's book. As a writer, speaker, and teacher of writing, Jim knows what he is talking about. Best of all, he knows how to put the teaching at a level that we can easily grasp and apply. Here's the book that will help you to change lives." Roger Palms, Writer, teacher, speaker, former editor of Decision Magazine Browse • Read about the book and seminar by the same name • Read an excerpt: Using Psychological Appeals Buy • Order from amazon.com • Order from Wesleyan Publishing House

Writers on Writing: Top Christian Authors Share Their Secrets for Getting Published I was privileged to serve as editor of this "who's who" of Christian authors such as Jerry Left Behind Jenkins, Liz Curtis Higgs and twenty more. A very practical "how to" book on writing. "Here's a terrific smorgasbord about different aspects of the writing business. Whether you want to write magazine articles, devotionals, fiction or nonfiction, humor or screenplays, you will gain a taste of what it takes from someone who practices this particular discipline." Terry Whalin, best-selling author Browse • Seven habits of highly effective writers Buy • Order from Wesleyan Publishing House

Writing with Banana Peels: Principles, Practices and Pratfalls of Writing Humor "A milk-out-the-nose funny book for both writers and readers," Rhonda Rhea, author of Amusing Grace and The Purse-uit of Holiness. Jim had so much fun teaching "Writing Humor" at Taylor University, that he compiled all his notes (and some of his funniest columns) into a book: Writing with Banana Peels: Principles, Practices, and Pratfalls of Writing Humor. Browse • Table of contents, endorsements • Read an excerpt Buy • Paper back $14.95 • [Coming soon to Kindle]