User:Paul Race

Paul Race is a professional writer, a former Writing, Literature, and Religion professor, a former History textbook editor and author, a former "Jesus Musician," as well as a web content developer with web sites about a wide range of topics, including music, Bible, worship, model trains, and Christmas traditions.

Note: If you add up all of the years in the list below, you'll come to over a century. No, Paul's not that old. However, he has spent most of his adult life working two or three jobs, and often taking classes and pursuing some avocation at the same time. Also, if you find yourself wondering why so many different interests seem to be reflected, you could divide the following list between things Paul does or has done for a living (technical writing, accounting, management, computer science) and things Paul does or has done for love (music, fiction writing, teaching writing, literature, music, and Bible, plus a number of hobbies).

Education:


 * BA in English, MA in Composition and Rhetoric from Wright State University


 * M.Div. from Luther Rice Seminary.


 * Other college studies include 1 year each of music theory, vocal performance, and graduate-level accounting, 2 years of program and project management, 2 years of computer science.

Career:

32 years experience as a professional writer, researcher, publisher, and editor, including:


 * 29 years in technology industries, mostly documenting software for Fortune 500 companies.


 * 3 years editing, researching, and writing K-12 History textbooks for 1st-tier publishers.

11 years half-time College teaching, including:


 * 9 years teaching technical writing and advanced technical writing subjects


 * 1 year teaching freshman composition and English literature


 * 1 year teaching Bible, Church History, and Worship

2 years technical training

12 years as a web developer, including several intranets and two internets for Fortune 500 companies and several hobby web pages that have thousands of readers and have earned industry recognition.

Avocations:


 * 42 years as a singer-songwriter, writing and performing folk and Gospel-related music thousands of times in many different venues, including churches, camps, festivals, and coffeehouses; also playing acoustic guitar, saxophone, bass guitar, 5-string banjo, flute, and several other instruments.


 * 31 years teaching adult or young adult Sunday School


 * 16 years as youth director or associate pastor, including frequent pulpit supply in regional churches.


 * 18 years experience as a praise team member


 * 12 years leading contemporary worship services in evangelical churches


 * A.S.C.A.P. member since 1995


 * 12 years publishing gardening and garden railroading articles

If you're interested in seeing samples of Paul's writing and the various topics he covers, you will find examples at following sites: (Note: These links are provided only to give an idea of Paul's writing styles and interests, not as subject-related links from Wikipedia files)


 * http://FamilyChristmasOnline.com


 * http://FamilyGardenTrains.com


 * http://CardboardChristmas.com


 * http://BigIndoorTrains.com

Samples of Paul's writing about Music are available at the following sites: (Note: These links are provided only to give an idea of Paul's qualifications and interests, not as subject-related links from Wikipedia files)


 * http://schooloftherock.com/html/thinking_about_music.html


 * http://CreekDontRise.com


 * http://ClassicTrainSongs.com

ALL of the above sites (and several related pages) have contact pages for contacting Paul directly if you don't want to use Paul's Wikipedia "Talk" page.

In the mean time, we hope you are having a blessed day, and we don't mind talking to ANYBODY who has something positive to say.