“I want to inspire, motivate and encourage people. My heart's desire is to see people fulfill what they were created to be and do. Sharing stories—mine and yours—is what this website is all about.
I will regularly post pages from my unpublished book along with other observations, stories, artwork, poetry, tidbits, odds and ends. ”
"The first thing I ever wanted to be when I grew up was a writer. Even though I wanted to be a writer, I didn’t enjoy writing. It was difficult finding the right words to put down on paper. What came easy was talking. But who says they want to be a talker when they grow up?
What did you want to be?"
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- Gael
I started writing poetry in elementary school. By the time I was in 5th grade, I had compiled a little booklet of verses which I gave to my 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Fryer. Many, many years later, I wrote her a letter thanking her for the influence she had had in my life. At the time she was in her 80’s and wheelchair bound, but she wrote a letter back and along with it, sent the little booklet of poetry. She thought my children might like to see what I had written.
I was touched that she kept that booklet
all those years. In wanting to bless her,
she blessed me.
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- Gael
Hi! I'm Gael.
So good to have you here.
Dr. Gael B. Hogan is a writer, artist, speaker and teacher. She is known for her refreshing transparency and expressive personality as she shares the journey of faith and God’s love for His people. Her heart’s desire is for people to know how truly real God is and to see lives healed and changed through an intimate relationship with Christ. One aspect of her ministry is to see people fulfill their potential and to walk in the path and destiny God has created specifically for them.
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Born and raised in the Spring-Ford area near Valley Forge, PA, Gael graduated from Cameron University with a B.A. in English, received her Master’s Degree in Humanities from the University of Oklahoma, and continued her education with a Ph.D. in Religion from Christian Bible College.
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Gael’s first book, “Would You Do It For Me?” is about living your faith honestly with a living God. As a fingerpainter, her art expresses the simplicity of childlike faith and joy. Locally, she is an ambassador for the Senior Games/Silver Arts of Lee County, and was inducted into their Hall of Fame. Gael was also the ambassador of the Sanford Brush & Palette Art Club as well as past president. She started the local pickleball program and was a former USAPA ambassador. But her greatest accomplishment and her greatest joy is being a wife, mother of six, mother-in-law to three, grandmother of fourteen, and spiritual mother to many. She and her husband, Mike, are senior ordained chaplains with International Fellowship of Chaplains and live in Sanford, N.C.