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Join Us as We Connect My Story and Your Story with “The Story.”

I never intended for my investigative memoir about my father’s still CIA-classified death in Vietnam to take on a spiritual theme…but it did. As a consequence, some churches have expressed a willingness to know more about my book and discuss it with their congregations and others. Feel free to contact me at because@jamesbwells.com if you think your church or group may be interested in knowing more. Spiritual questions and themes covered in my book and follow-up discussions include: 

How can we, as Christians, free ourselves from the pain and suffering of being unable to resolve the unresolvable? What drives the human spirit to seek answers to questions that do not yet exist? How can we explain and interpret the highly improbable results we find, and how can we utilize the teachings of Christ to fill the void that scientific theory and knowledge cannot? If you seek answers to questions such as these, join us as we connect my story and your story with “the story.”

June 17 | Lexington, KY | Faith Lutheran Church | In conversation with Pastor Dana Lockhart discussing and signing Because | 7:00 pm | Books available through A Likely Story Bookstore in Midway to pre-order or at the event.

June 18 | Versailles, KY | St. John’s Episcopal Church | In conversation with Rev. Dr. Christian M. M. Brady discussing and signing Because | 7:00 pm | Books available through A Likely Story Bookstore in Midway to pre-order or at the event.

June 20 | Richmond, KY | Episcopal Church of Our Saviour | In conversation with Deacon Emily Cardwell discussing and signing Because | 6:00 pm | Books available through The Taleless Dog Booksellers in Berea, KY to pre-order or at the event.

July 13 | College Park, GA | St. John’s Episcopal Church | Discussing and signing Because | 1:00 pm

September 23 | Washington, DC | St. Mark’s Episcopal Church |In conversation with David Colapinto, whistleblower attorney and co-founder of the National Whistleblower Center | Discussion and book signing | 5:30 to 7:30 pm | Books will be available to pre-order at most bookstores or at the event.

Special thanks to Faith Lutheran Church in Lexington for allowing use of  their banner.

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By James b. Wells

JAMES B. WELLS is a retired criminology and criminal justice professor in the School of Justice Studies in the College of Justice, Safety, and Military Science at Eastern Kentucky University, and is the recipient of the 2025 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences John Howard Award, an award given intermittently, upon significant demand, to recognize an individual who has made significant and sustained contributions to the practice of corrections. A former carpenter, soldier, and correctional officer in a super-maximum-security prison and later as a researcher/planner assisting architects in prison design, he has multiple degrees, including an M.S. in Criminal Justice, a Ph.D. in Research, and an MFA in Creative Writing. He’s authored or co-authored over sixty-five books, chapters, articles, and essays, as well as over a hundred and fifty research reports for various local, state, and federal agencies. Recent essays from his research and memoir work appear or are forthcoming in Collateral Journal, About Place Journal, Wild Roof Journal, Military Experience and the Arts, The Wrath-Bearing Tree, Shift, Proud to be: Writing by American Warriors, Trajectory Journal, and From Pen to Page III: More Writings from the Bluegrass Writers Coalition.

His investigative memoir about his father's still CIA-classified death in Vietnam in 1965, titled Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew, will be launched on Father's Day weekend, 2025. Links to publications, presentations, trailers, social media, blog, and other information can be found at https://jamesbwells.com. James enjoys spending much of his leisure time with his spouse on their Lexington, Kentucky farm located on the palisades of the Kentucky River, where he is an organic gardener and beekeeper.

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