I am such a slacker! Last day of the month, and I still don’t even have time to write, but I’m going to make it for this! Fallible Blogma is having October as ‘Support A Catholic Speaker Month’, and I’m very honored to be able to participate. My chosen speaker is Dr. Tim Gray, a popular author and a modern day scripture scholar.

Dr. Gray holds a ThM in scripture from Duke, as well as from The Franciscan University of Steubenville, and he also holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from the Catholic University of America. He is the director of the Denver Catholic Bible School, a professor of scripture at St John Vianney Seminary, as well as at St Augustine Institute. He is an author of five best selling Catholic books, he has four EWTN series, and he is also co-developer of the Bible Timeline series. Gray and his wife Kris live in Denver, Colorado with their son Joseph.

One of Dr. Gray’s books, Boys to Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue discusses the ways in which men (and really, everyone, women included) can live a virtuous life. Reviewers state that it’s a practical and down-to-earth look at virtues, and Dr. Tim Gray uses scripture, self-experience, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church to show how important developing virtues is to having a happy and successful life. His other books are The Luminous Mysteries: Biblical Reflections on the Life of Christ, Sacraments in Scripture, Mission of the Messiah: On the Gospel of Luke, and Catholic for a Reason I, II, & III. You can find links to buy any of these, and more, via The Catholic Company.