Ed Dobson

Ed Dobson is pastor emeritus of Calvary Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and serves as a consulting editor for Leadership magazine. He holds an earned doctorate from the University of Virginia, and is author of numerous books, including The Year of Living Like Jesus and Prayers and Promises When Facing a Life-Threatening Illness. He moved to the United States from Northern Ireland in 1964 and now lives with his family in Grand Rapids.

The Year of Living Like Jesus

In The Year of Living Like Jesus, Dobson chronicles his humbling and inspiring year in Jesus's sandals. Like A. J. Jacobs's bestseller, The Year of Living Biblically, Dobson's book is funny, challenging, and provocative. With great candor and wisdom, he invites readers to join him on a year of revelation, a year that changed his spiritual life forever.

Prayers and Promises When Facing a Life-Threatening Illness

Thirty short-yet-powerful morning and evening reflections offer encouragement, hope, and inspiration to people dealing with a life-threatening illness, and to their family members and caretakers. Here are honest insights and personal stories from a pastor who continues his own journey with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease".