Jeanne Zornes

Bio: Jeanne Zornes loves to speak about the power of encouragement, hope, prayer, and growing closer to God. She balances humor, stories of growth and compassion, and Biblical principles as an approachable, caring speaker with an award-winning publishing background. Author of hundreds of articles and contributor to two dozen compilations (including the Chicken Soup series), she’s also had seven books published. They include Spiritual Spandex for the Outstretched Soul (spiritual growth); When I Felt Like Ragweed, God Saw a Rose (the ministry of encouragement); When I Got on the Highway to Heaven, I Didn't Expect Rocky Roads (steadfastness in trials), and When I Prayed for Patience...God Let Me Have It! (patience). She won the 1999 "Pacesetter Award" of the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference and the 2000 Heritage Keepers/NavPress "Woman of Influence" essay contest. Jeanne holds a master's degree from Wheaton Graduate School and a Bible certificate from Multnomah, and has writing/editing experience with newspapers, a national Christian magazine, Christian book publisher, and Wycliffe Bible Translators. She’s also taught writing. Wife of a retired teacher, plus care-giver for an elderly parent, she is also mother of two young adult children, one an engineer and the other a violinist. Her family attends the Wenatchee ( Wash. ) Free Methodist Church .