Pastor Stephen Grant?

Stephen Grant is the pastor at St. Mary’s Lutheran Church on eastern Long Island. Grant is one of the more unique second-career clergy around, as he once worked for the CIA. Besides theology, his interests include archery, golf, writing, classic films, the beach, poker, baseball, and history. Grant also knows his wines, champagnes and brews. Oh yes, he generally dislikes politicians, and happens to be an expert marksman with a handgun and a rifle, while being pretty handy with a combat knife as well.

Showing posts with label Christmas gift. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas gift. Show all posts

Friday, December 13, 2019

Recommended Reading Christmas Gifts Day #3

Recommended Reading Christmas Gifts Day #3 (that is, in addition to Ray Keating’s Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries, and other books!  ) – If you know a Disney fan, then Top Disney: 100 Top Ten Lists of the Best of Disney, From the Man to the Mouse and Beyond makes for an ideal Christmas gift. 

As I wrote in a review, “While flipping through pages and reading each list, it becomes clear that author Christopher Lucas possesses both deep knowledge and deep love for all things Disney. And what’s nice is that no matter the reader’s level of Disney expertise – from the casual fan to the master – there’s a great deal to appreciate in Top Disney.”

Get Top Disney here.


by Ray Keating

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Recommended Reading Christmas Gifts Day #2

Recommended Reading Christmas Gifts Day #2 (that is, in addition to Ray Keating’s Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries, and other books! ) – It’s shameful for a writer to admit, but I’ve never been a big poetry guy. When I mention this to my son (and future pastor), he usually responds, “And what about the Psalms?” And I answer, “Touché” – and usually leave it at that. But then along comes Mary J. Moerbe with her book Ecclesial Poetry – Volume I: Introduction, and I must acknowledge still more. She offers an assortment of beautiful, faith-rich poems. They illuminate, provoke thought and would serve nicely as part of one’s daily devotions.


by Ray Keating

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Pastor Stephen Grant Thrillers and Mysteries for Christmas

The Pastor Stephen Grant novels and short stories - featuring a Lutheran pastor who previously was a CIA operative - make for the ideal Christmas gifts for all of the readers in your life.


Saturday, November 16, 2019

Pastor Stephen Grant Christmas Sale: 19% Off All Signed Book and Sets ... and More!

Christmas Sale on Signed Pastor Stephen Grant Thrillers and Mysteries – All Books and Sets – and on All Other Books and Services from Ray Keating

Use the coupon code “Christmas19” at checkout, and get 19% off your entire order (on top of other savings opportunities!). This is the perfect time to get books or sets for yourself, and of course, as gifts for the readers in your family, among your friends, at work and at church.


Stephen Grant – a Lutheran pastor, a former Navy SEAL and onetime CIA operative – never disappoints in these exciting, insightful and well-reviewed thrillers and mysteries. For example, in a new review of Deep Rough: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel, Kirkus Reviews says that “when the action does hit, it’s exhilarating, and Stephen proves once again he’s as capable in fights as he is in quieter times of prayer and worship. A fast-paced, exuberant outing for the virtuoso clergyman and his numerous comrades.”


Of course, paperbacks and Kindle editions also are available at Amazon.com

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Links to Books Recommended for Christmas Gifts by Ray Keating

What should you give the readers on your Christmas list? In an episode of his Authors and Entrepreneurs podcast, Ray Keating provides a varied list of book recommendations. And here are the titles and links to the books Ray recommends:



Them by Ben Sasse

Grant by Ron Chernow

The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant and Elizabeth D. Samet (editor)

Modern Times by Paul Johnson


A Skeleton in God’s Closet by Paul L. Maier

More Than a Skeleton by Paul L. Maier

The Constantine Codexby Paul L. Maier

Find Your Whistle by Chris Ullman

Come In, We Are Closed by Tyrel Bramwell

The World of the Wazzlewoods by Tyrel Bramwell

For All the Saints: A Prayer Book For and By the Church from the American Lutheran Publicity Bureau

The Lutheran Bible Study from Concordia Publishing House

Wealth and Poverty by George Gilder



On Entrepreneurship and Startups by Harvard Business Review

The Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries by Ray Keating...













Check out my review of Finding Your Whistle.

Tune in to previous episodes of Authors and Entrepreneurs where I interview Chris Ullman, author of Finding Your Whistle, and Tyrel Bramwell, the author of Come In, We Are Closedand The World of Wazzlewoods.

Monday, December 18, 2017

Christmas Gifts: Warrior Monk

A plot to assassinate a pope for Christmas? Well, WARRIOR MONK: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL by Ray Keating makes for an exciting, page-turner. WARRIOR MONK revolves around a former CIA assassin, Stephen Grant, who has lived a far different, relatively quiet life as a parish pastor in recent years. However, a shooting at his church, a historic papal proposal, and threats to the Pope's life mean that Grant's former and current lives collide.



Get paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Monk-Pastor-Stephen-Grant/dp/1453801030/ref=pd_sim_14_6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=M7MSX328NC2BKP4M12HQ

Christmas-New Year's Specials!

Christmas-New Year’s Specials on Signed Pastor Stephen Grant Novels at www.raykeatingonline.com

Time has never been better to order Pastor Stephen Grant novels – featuring the pastor who used to be a Navy SEAL and with the CIA – signed by Ray Keating. These thrillers/mysteries – LIONHEARTS, WINE INTO WATER, MURDERER’S ROW, THE RIVER, AN ADVENT FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, ROOT OF ALL EVIL? and WARRIOR MONK – have received major thumbs up from both reviewers and readers.

Consider these sales and specials…

• Order two full signed sets by New Year’s Day, and Ray will name a character after you, or someone else you choose, in an upcoming book.

• Price of a full signed sets of all seven novels has been slashed to $69.99 from $88.99.

• Get started with the first three books with the Pastor Stephen Grant Trilogy #1, with the price cut to $33.99 from $40.99.

• The second three books in the series make up the Pastor Stephen Grant Trilogy #2, and that price is now $34.99, down from $42.99.

• The price on the latest book – LIONHEARTS – has been reduced to $14.99 from $16.99.

• Indeed, all seven books are on sale individually as well.

Take the advice of Pastor Rod Zwonitzer, retired host of KFUO's "BookTalk," who not only said, “Ray Keating is a great novelist,” but also advised in a review: “Buy it! Read it! Enjoy it! Gift it!"