He and his wife, Julia, have been happily married for 41 years and have two children and one grandson. John is an avid gardener and loves to backpack and day hike in the mountains of western Washington. As a Christian concerned about the challenge of the new atheism, he has written The Blind Atheist Maker, a book (which he hopes to get published soon) that responds to the faith challenges presented by Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion.