Dick grew up in Brisbane Australia. He is a graduate of the Queensland Technical College in Brisbane, Australia and the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. He earned a B.A. from Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois, U.S.A., and a Master of Arts in Communications from Wheaton College Graduate School in Wheaton (Chicago), Illinois, U.S.A.

He has been a pastor in Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A., the South Australian Director of Youth for Christ, and has been the Founder/Director of ACTS International since 1968, and has lived in Southern California since 1981. He has also been the Co-director of and still teaches in the Divorce and Grief Recovery program at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.

He has authored three books: the best seller, I Hate Witnessing (with the tongue-in-cheek title), How to Mend a Broken Heart, and his latest book, You Can't Fly With a Broken Wing. He has written more than 250 Encounter outreach brochure articles—40 million of which have been distributed around the world. He has led seminars and workshops in several countries, is a pastoral counselor, and has spoken and taught in numerous churches in the U.S., New Zealand and throughout Australia. He is also the webmaster of the web sites of ACTS International and that of the Narramore Christian Foundation, is the author of Daily Encounter, the week-day email devotional and the editor of Weekend Encounter, the weekend e-zine of ACTS International. These, combined with Prayer Encounter, have over 400,000 subscribers worldwide.

Dick and Joy, his wife, reside in San Clemente, California. They are parents of four adult children, Melissa, Samantha, Brent and Mark, and six grandchildren.

Comments by readers:

"You Can't Fly With a Broken Wing is the most helpful book I have ever read. I encouraged several friends to purchase a copy and together via telephone meetings we are dis-cussing the book. I need another copy immediately for a person in emergency. Please send by overnight express mail." – Lanelle, Georgia

How to Mend a Broken Heart. A retired veterinary surgeon, former lecturer at the Royal Veterinarian College of London and at Cambridge, wrote, "I have gone through two divorces and have just read your book, How to Mend a Broken Heart. It is the most helpful counseling I have ever read."

I Hate Witnessing (best seller with over 100,000 copies in print). A professor from North Central University who uses I Hate Witnessing for a teaching text book said, "This is the best book I have read on witnessing with the most honest approach to it."

Cassettes:

"Loving and Understanding People,"
"Healing, Wholeness, & Happiness,"
"I Hate Witnessing,"
"God's Formula for Success"

All with helpful information and inspiration—sprinkled with humor.

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