Dan was born and raised in California, attended college there, with the one exception of grad school (Southern Illinois), and has taught both high school and college since the late 90's. He presently teaches college-level communication courses in Monterey (topics such as Public Speaking, Group/Team Communication, Leadership Communication, Intercultural Communication, Oral Interpretation, Interpersonal Communication).
Having been raised in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada range Dan loves finding beautiful peaks along the West Coast to climb. His favorites thus far have been Mt. Shasta, Mt. Whitney, Lassen Peak, and a little point in the middle of Cuyamaca State Park called Stonewall Peak. Future goals include Mt. Hood, Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Williams, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Rainier, all West Coast peaks.
Having been raised in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada range Dan loves finding beautiful peaks along the West Coast to climb. His favorites thus far have been Mt. Shasta, Mt. Whitney, Lassen Peak, and a little point in the middle of Cuyamaca State Park called Stonewall Peak. Future goals include Mt. Hood, Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Williams, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Rainier, all West Coast peaks.
Ministry over the years has been focused on young adults and teens, beginning with summer camps in Northern California (Wolf Mountain, Camp Conner, Mt. Hope). After serving in Mexico, Venezuela and Columbia with IYM (International Youth Mission, now renamed International Action Ministries under Rick Johnson) Dan returned in successive summers to serve as a boot camp team trainer. Boot camps were conducted in the Anza-Borrego desert and Sonoma (a forested community in the Sierra Nevada range). IYM focused on small teams of young men who served among front-line missions posts, especially those doing Bible translation for unreached people groups (Wycliffe and New Tribes Missions especially). The Amazon jungle was often their end point for that service and the environment was not always inviting, either physically or politically. So preparing them for that -- for close-knit teamwork, service under conditions of discomfort and fatigue, long days of labor in humid, inhospitable conditions, and working with odd sleep hours -- became a paramount training goal. Dan continues to serve the young adult and teen population through local church youth groups.
And most recently his work has expanded into authoring YA literature with the publication of Trident's Flame (2012) with NavPress. Forthcoming novels include Sanctum Threat (2013) and Choke Point (2014) through Alopex Publishing. There are currently five books in the Jake Sloan Adventures, an action-adventures series focused on a 17-year old young man who aspires to follow his father’s footsteps into the world of espionage and special operations. They are described as romaction novels as well since there is a significant relationship that develops between Jake Sloan a young lady whom he meets on his very first adventure in Alaska. See jakesloanadventures.blogspot.com and Jake Sloan Adventures on Facebook.
And most recently his work has expanded into authoring YA literature with the publication of Trident's Flame (2012) with NavPress. Forthcoming novels include Sanctum Threat (2013) and Choke Point (2014) through Alopex Publishing. There are currently five books in the Jake Sloan Adventures, an action-adventures series focused on a 17-year old young man who aspires to follow his father’s footsteps into the world of espionage and special operations. They are described as romaction novels as well since there is a significant relationship that develops between Jake Sloan a young lady whom he meets on his very first adventure in Alaska. See jakesloanadventures.blogspot.com and Jake Sloan Adventures on Facebook.
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