Haven Dawson Mankin

My theological background incorporates an upbringing in the Episcopal Church, study with Catholic Franciscan Monks, and over 49 years of service in Christ involving the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, which has involved preaching, over 44 years of weekly adult Bible teaching, and leadership roles on the Board of Elders and the Regional Church Board.

Along with my life as a follower of the LORD Jesus Christ, I have been a stone mason, a cabinetmaker, and an exotic hardwoods craftsman building crosses for churches around the nation. I am also an architect with 48 years of experience, and as such, I am an observer and thinker. I understand how things cohere and the very nature of design, composition, strength, structure, and systems. I have a deep comprehension of aesthetics, physics, and mathematics, and an appreciation for biology, chemistry, hydrology, sociology, and psychology. I have three university degrees, 2-year college course work in historical theology, and I am self-taught in particle physics and cosmology. I have taught college level classes on creativity and the environment, as well as lectured at the college level on architecture, creativity and construction.

Along the way of my spiritual walk, I have written scholarly articles, among them are “The Trinity” and “The Elements of Holy Communion.” I have also written an E-book entitled “11:11, the Importance of Putting Jesus Christ First in Your Life.” These documents are all available for free just send me an email making your request to: archmankin@sbcglobal.net.

My first book published by Muskrat Books in 2010 is titled, “I Am, the Great Creator God.” A 20 year-long project from 1990 to 2010 that answers many of the great questions of the ages, this meaningful and thought-provoking book teaches how to have the eyes to see…really see, who God really is.

My second book published by AuthorHouse in 2014 is titled, “A Different Kind of Tree” which is about my growth story, my “changing” story, from selfish sinner to a child of God. It is a spiritual growth journey, roots seeking nourishment from the surrounding “ground of life” …will your tree grow straight or grow crooked? To what are your roots connected to gain nourishment? Will you produce good fruit? Everyone is on this journey. Learn a different way to grow; turn to your only Savior - Jesus Christ and become… “A Different Kind of Tree”.

My third book published by Muskrat Books in 2019 is titled, “Trying to be God” which is about PRIDE, the deadliest of the seven deadly sins. It is the reason for the fall and destruction of the Morning Star, the beautiful angel Lucifer and one third of God’s created angels. It was PRIDE that drew Lucifer to try to be greater than God and thus turned him into an adversary, Satan; the Devil is the one to bring evil into the world. It was PRIDE to be equal to God in knowledge that was the reason for the fall and curse upon the earth brought on by first parents, Adam and Eve; pride which has led to the toil and death of all humans since the beginning. Building another “Tower of Babel” today, we see PRIDE driving extreme environmentalist to believe they too have the God-Power to alter the world’s climate. We have not yet learned that destruction is associated with “Trying to be God”.