Embracing Excellence · Book One
I’m Ordained, Now What?
Where to begin—and who to become—when you’ve just been ordained.
Coming soonBooks & Ideas
Free guide available nowWhy Wouldn’t We? is Wayne and Rosanne’s free guide for couples who run a business together—or are considering it. Unlike the usual survival guide, it begins with possibility: working and serving together can become one of the greatest contributions to who you become. It is the only publication currently available; every other title on this page is clearly marked as forthcoming.
Available now · Free 45-page guide
The purpose of the work
Some books give information. Others give us language for the moment we are living.
Wayne writes for people at crossroads: professionals learning to guide others, families building shared values and readers seeking meaning in life’s most consequential transitions.
These projects serve different audiences, but they grow from the same conviction: moments matter, people deserve to be seen and presence is more powerful than performance.
Books in active development
These are the official front covers. The books are not yet available to order, and publication information will be added when it is confirmed.
Embracing Excellence · Book One
Where to begin—and who to become—when you’ve just been ordained.
Coming soon
Embracing Excellence · Book Two
A complete guide to the craft, the business and the calling.
Coming soon
Embracing Excellence · Book Three
How three minutes inspire a great marriage.
Coming soonFurther work in development
Statuses are shown clearly so developing manuscripts and future concepts are not presented as published books.
Personal story
Wayne’s story of the experiences, relationships, losses, faith, work and ordinary moments that shaped his life—and helped him recognize the calling that had been present all along.
Coming soon · manuscript in developmentThreshold Trilogy · Book One
The first comprehensive historical account of how the independent wedding officiant emerged in Canada and the United States—framed as a redistribution of ceremonial trust, not a story of clergy decline.
Coming soon · manuscript in developmentThreshold Trilogy · Book Two
A Christ-centred exploration of presence, purpose and grace at the thresholds of birth, marriage and death.
Coming soon · manuscript in developmentThreshold Trilogy · Book Three
The planned concluding volume on mentoring new keepers, stewarding hard-earned wisdom and leaving a living contribution.
Coming soon · future volumeChildren’s picture-book series
Sixteen short stories for ages five to nine, each bringing one essential community value to life.
Coming soon · series in developmentOne philosophy, many readers
I Was Made for This Moment tells Wayne’s personal story. The Embracing Excellence books equip officiants and strengthen marriages. The Threshold Trilogy examines ceremony, vocation and legacy. Victoria and Benson’s Village Values stories introduce character and wisdom to children and families.
Together, they reveal the larger pattern in Wayne’s work: helping people become more present to the lives they are living and the moments they have been entrusted to serve.
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