The Author

Because of his preoccupation with other matters, Art’s high school performance was lackluster at best. His enlistment in the Marine Corps after graduation cured that in a hurry. His post-enlistment college activity improved radically, permitting him to acquire a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. During his engineering career he received four patents in the field of electronics design. Until his hearing loss became pronounced he had a side career as a Certified Flight Instructor. He continued to fly, but in a far more basic craft that didn’t involve the ability to hear. His hang glider gave him the opportunity as described in Visitation to share the joy of flight with a severely handicapped individual.

After retirement, Art has traveled extensively with his wife Carolyn. He now conducts a Bible study in his home.

From events recounted in Visitation, Art Perkins identifies himself as fully Christian and fully committed to Biblical inerrancy and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, as claimed by Paul in 2 Timothy 3:16 and 17, and by Peter in 2 Peter 1:20 and 21. Given his views on the nature of God, the author sees himself as partly Protestant, partly Catholic, and uniquely aligned with the primitive Church as it perceived God after having been indwelt by the Holy Spirit at the first Pentecost following Jesus’ resurrection.

After completing his military service as a corporal (E-3) in the U.S. Marine Corps, Art studied engineering in college, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He pursued an engineering career thereafter, with a brief interruption as a commercial pilot and flight instructor, which was terminated prematurely by a hearing loss. He then returned to his engineering career, in the course of which he received four patents in his chosen field of electronic design. After retirement, Art has traveled extensively with his wife Carolyn in and on a variety of vehicles on land, sea and air, continuing to this day with that joyful experience. Understanding the nature of God somewhat differently than that presented by contemporary Churches, Art undertook to write about that difference in terms of what Scripture itself presents.