BOB WELCH is the author of more than two dozen books and is a former columnist for The Register-Guard in Eugene, Ore. The National Society of Newspaper Columnists twice honored him with first-place awards and the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association named him a Gold Medallion Book Award winner. Welch is founder of the Beachside Writers Workshop in Yachats, Ore., and a former adjunct professor at the University of Oregon's School of Journalism & Communication. He and his wife Sally live in Eugene.