Barbara J. Hibschman

Bio: BARBARA HIBSCHMAN is a popular conference and retreat speaker for women's events, churches, college and seminary chapel services, educational conferences, and seminars in the United States and abroad.

Barbara's experiences as a pastor's wife, mother, grandmother, public and private school teacher, and 6 years of missionary service in the Philippines, provide her with a colorful and humorous background to communicate God's love and faithfulness.  She holds a Master of Education degree from Northeastern Illinois State University, and her teaching gifts continue to be used in Christian ministry conventions, missions and writer's conrerences.

Barbara is the author of 8 books, hundreds of magazine articles, and a contributing author to 14 inspirational books.  In 1992, she received the "Writer of the Year" award from the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference.

Barbara and her husband, Jim, frequently speak for Marriage Enrichment retreats.  They also serve as a "pastoral-care couple" for missionaries in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and one other "creative access" country in Central Asia.  Each year they travel to one of these countries to speak for their spiritual life retreats and/or conferences.  They have two grown children and are the grandparents of 4 of the cutest kids on the planet!