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Following a noteworthy career in magazine, curriculum, book and Bible publishing, Dean Merrill is now concentrating on indepen­dent editorial work. Some of his projects are solo writing, many are collaborations with well-known personalities, and still others involve overall directing of complex editorial projects.
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BOOKS                              view all »

Every Man’s Bible

Every Man’s Bible

Bestselling Bible specifically for male readers; I was the general editor. Enhancement features include maps, charts, personality profiles of Bible men from Adam to Zechariah (“Someone You Should Know”), insightful columns called “Men, Women & God,” highlight...

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Strong to the End

Strong to the End

Collaboration with the parents of the young missionary Davy Lloyd who, with his even younger wife, Natalie, and their beloved colleague, were martyred by Haitian gangs in Port-au-Prince the night of May 23, 2024. An intense account that raises the question for us all:...

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afterwork

afterwork

Subtitled “An honest discussion about the retirement lie, and how to live a future worthy of dreams.” This is a collaboration with financial advisors Joel Malick and Alex Lippert that addresses the nonfinancial factors of retirement—finding a new sense of purpose,...

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Excellence Wins

Excellence Wins

Collaboration with Horst Schulze, the fascinating man who put Ritz-Carlton “on the map” of the hotel industry. This book is his no-nonsense guide to becoming the best in a world of compromise, whether you’re in business, education, government, the nonprofit arena, or...

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SHORT READS                              view all »

  • Supporting Caesar, Serving Caesar’s Boss - “Done for another year!” I yelped around nine o’clock last night as I put the finishing touches on our federal and state income tax returns. (Okay, I know at least half of you are muttering, “Show-off …,” while the other half are saying, “What took you so long? I filed mine weeks ago!”) read more »
  • Who’s in Charge Here? - read more »
  • Five Faces of Pentecost - The larger the Pentecostal movement grows, the more diverse it becomes. Is that a good thing? … read more »
  • Do I Trust You? Well, Sort of - Nothing gets the blood running faster than when someone questions whether you’re trustworthy…. read more »
  • Finishing Well - What would it take to make you turn back from your walk with God? Getting old? Getting sick? Getting ridiculed by your secular peers? Watching your favorite preacher fall into sin? … read more »
  • Well Done, Thou Good and Faithful Parent - It’s hard to know when you should stop being a parent and start being a friend…. read more »
  • Welcome to the Minority - Did you know you belong to a minority group? Yes, you do, even if your skin is white, and you speak nothing but English…. read more »
  • A Husband’s Prayer - Zipping out of our bedroom the other day, I glanced again at a framed poem on the wall. I wrote it years ago on an American Airlines flight from Dallas back to New York, and two Christian magazines picked it up. It spoke about the special place my wife held then, and still holds, in… read more »
  • Car Fever! - I was a wide-eyed twelve-year-old in the fall of 1956, a season to be marked forever in automobile history as the Year of the Fin…. read more »
  • Lots of Sayin’ Going On - Suddenly it seems my phone is ringing twice as often these early-summer days, while my mailbox is jammed, and the roadsides have sprouted more red-white-and-blue signs than yellow dandelions. Guess what: Another political season has burst open. Here we go again…. read more »
  • My Right to Gripe - The contemporary style, you know, is simply I’ve paid my money, bought my ticket, and now I get to sound off about everything that’s wrong…. read more »
  • Of Toy Trucks and Toasters - Christmas is a Baby in a manger. But Christmas is also God reaching out to a hostile world…. read more »