Religion/Spirituality

My wife and I have been counselors for many years. We lived in Texas for 17 years and returned to Colorado in 1997. I was instrumental in the formation of Rapha, an organization that placed mental health treatment programs in hospitals around the country. I also operated psychiatric/counseling clinics in Houston and San Antonio.

M. R. Hyde celebrates and explores the known and spiritual world through writing on themes of mercy, justice, humility, and joy. Her religious writing has been praised for its accessibility and her fiction for its absorbing, unusual, original, and humorous nature. M. R. Hyde has written for religious purposes for over three decades and writes fiction for the sheer joy of words. M. R. Hyde has lived in Colorado since 2006 and Colorado Springs since 2008. She is an active member of the Pikes Peak State College writer’s group Nearby Universe. She was an active participant and featured reader of the Colorado Springs Writers Reading Series. 

M. R. Hyde is also an active artist, having shown at several branches of PPLD in 2008, Cottonwood Center for the Arts in 2022, and with a show at Library 21C in July 2023. View the online gallery and where fine art reproductions are available.

Online, M. R. Hyde maintains an online web gallery here, a fiction and art blog here, and a Bible study blog here.

Her books are available for purchase online at Amazon, Smashwords, Lulu, and other fine retailers.

Mary Irwin is an expert on the topic of Noah’s Ark and has conducted more than 25 years of research on the subject. She traveled the world with her late husband, astronaut James Irwin, who served on the historic Apollo 15 flight. The pair climbed Mount Ararat numerous times looking for the ark and searched for biblical antiquities throughout the Middle East. In 1972, they founded the nonprofit Christian organization High Flight Foundation. Irwin has published four books on her life experiences.

Native of Detroit, MI - former Roman Catholic priest - resident of Colorado Springs for 21 years

I was a DOD civilian field historian for 36 years with assignments stateside and overseas. In 2007 I moved to Colorado Springs to work at Headquarters USNORTHCOM and NORAD.

I have always loved Colorado and moved here in 2007. My books reflect my love of the natural beauty and wonderful people who reside here.

In 2001 I retired to Colorado Springs, drawn by the beautiful mountains and the presence of other retired missionaries in the area.