![]() ![]() Based on that experience he authored the book, Letters from the Land of Cancer (Zondervan, 2010), in which he wrote: Wangerin was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2006. ![]() Prior to joining Valparaiso’s faculty he served as an inner-city pastor in Evansville, Indiana for 16 years. He was an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), speaker for the ELCA’s nationally syndicated radio program, Lutheran Vespers, from 1994 through January 2005, and a columnist for The Lutheran magazine. The author of more than 40 books, Wangerin’s writing career encompassed multiple literary genres: fiction, essay, spirituality, children’s stories, and biblical exposition. Wangerin won the National Book Award, The New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year Award, and several Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Gold Medallion Awards, including for The Book of God: The Bible as a Novel (Zondervan, 1998) and Paul: A Novel (Zondervan, 2001). He was Emil and Elfriede Jochum Professor and writer-in-residence at Valparaiso University. ![]() Award-winning author, professor, pastor, broadcaster, and speaker Walter Wangerin Jr., 77, died August 5, 2021. ![]()
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