After a decade of penning advertising campaigns for airlines and beer, Jay Payleitner became a freelance radio producer, working for Josh McDowell, Chuck Colson, Voice of the Martyrs, Bible League International, and others. He is a popular speaker on parenting, marriage, creativity, and getting life right. Jay has authored more than twenty-five books including Checking the Boxes Only You Can Check, The Next Verse: What You Never Knew About 60 of Your Favorite Bible Passages, 52 Things Kids Need from a Dad, The Prayer of Agur, Hooray for Grandparents! and What If God Wrote Your Bucket List? He's a longtime partner of Iron Sharpens Iron and the National Center for Fathering. Jay and his wife, Rita, live near Chicago, where they raised five kids, loved on ten foster babies, and are cherishing grandparenthood.