Category: about the author

• Bev spent her childhood in Kalamazoo (Portage, actually), Michigan. During her summer’s she spent time playing on the shore of West Lake and anticipating one week each summer at Camp Roger. Eventually Bev landed at Calvin University to get a degree in English education. God’s path for her never landed her in a traditional classroom, but ended up using and developing her gifts in a wide variety of places and ways. Early on she spent time working at Waldenbooks, tutoring students for Sylvan Learning Center, running a day camp for Camp Hayo-Went-Ha, teaching outdoor education at Camp Hayo-Went-Ha and Camp Roger, raising children, and serving as a group leader, children’s supervisor, and a teaching leader for a international ministry called Bible Study Fellowship. Currently Bev finds herself leading faith discussions at Hope Unexpected for single moms and providing educational support services for students at Rockford Christian School.
• Bev spent her summers during college as a camp counselor at Camp Roger where she met her partner in crime and husband, Doug. Later they would get married and have two kids, both of whom currently work for schools.
• The theme for this blog is inspired by a poem titled “Marginalia” by Billy Collins for there is sweet gold and richness of thought in the margins of life