Peggy A. Haymes

Peggy Haymes has always been an utter failure at checking just one box for "occupation." She’s a minister, writer and licensed counselor. One of her most important jobs is being a home provider to rescue cats and dogs, especially those who had hard starts in life.

She first felt a calling to ministry in Junior High, and has spent all of the years since trying to figure out what that means. It’s still a work in progress.

She preaches when she can, writes as much as she’s able, and enjoys hearing other people’s stories. Through her online site, Heart Callings (www.heartcallings.com), she helps strugglers, stragglers and seekers on the faith journey.

She's the author of seven books (and counting.) These include collections of prayers (Be Thou Present, Heart Prayers, and heart prayers 2), daily devotions for the year (Strugglers, Stragglers and Seekers) and memoirs (Didn’t See It Coming and I Don’t Remember Signing Up For This Class.) She realizes that her memoir titles make it sound like she bumbles through life, fairly clueless. She hopes that this isn’t always the case.

And if it is, she trusts that God loves her anyway.