Yes, that’s right, the official website of the award-winning and best-selling author from southern Nevada whose books include The Red Letter Life, The Bard and the Bible, and the children’s book (soon to be a classic), Don’t Close Your Eyes. In addition to his award-winning radio commentary and article-writing (in such publications as Family Circle, Guideposts, and Poets & Writers), he is a frequent speaker at churches, retreats, and conferences around the world.
A NEW DEVOTIONAL RELEASE BY BOB
Looking for a “deliciously crafted” devotional “that informs as well as it enchants?” Well, look no more! Bob Hostetler has just released The Shakespeare Devotional: Daily Readings for a Timeless Faith from Shakespeare and the King James Bible! Updated and improved from his award-winning book, The Bard and the Bible, this edition—available for the first time in paperback—is “a triumph!” (Leland Ryken, professor of English at Wheaton University and author of The Complete Literary Guide to the Bible), offering a full year of unique inspiration. Get your copies now!
A NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK BY BOB
Bob’s brand new charming read-to-me book, I Dream a Dream for You, will enchant children and help parents, grandparents, and others express their best dreams—and even turn them into prayers—for the kids in their lives. Available now for pre-order. Get your copies now!
STAY IN TOUCH WITH BOB
Bob doesn’t always answer his phone, but he does stay in touch with readers, clients, and friends by sending an occasional email of news updates, writing and publishing tips, and more. Subscribing is easy, just enter your email in the box below, and you’ll be in like Flynn (whatever that means!).
BOB’S 2025 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Bob’s 2025 schedule has now been posted (see the schedule here). See this page for more info.
BOOK-RELATED STUDIES
Bob's book, Life Stinks…and Then You Die, includes easily-implemented group study materials in the back of the published book. However, thanks to this site, free, downloadable studies for four more of his books are available for use with your small group, Sunday school class, or Bible study. Find out more on the group study page here.
PRAY MORE, PRAY BETTER
Bob's "31 Ways to Pray for Your Kids" resource has circled the globe and been translated into many languages, helping parents, grandparents, pastors, coaches, and teachers to pray for their kids (or anyone, really) in more focused and more effective ways. That resource is now an iPhone/iPad app that gives you a short Bible-based prayer every day and allows you to set a daily reminder for your iPhone or iPad. Find out more here.
READ FOR FREE
The rabbis in the temple. The wedding guest at Cana. The mother of Judas. We know them only as nameless characters in the crowded days of Jesus' life. Some are mentioned in the Bible. The existence or presence of others, while never mentioned, may be inferred.
Bob Hostetler's Jordan River Anthology gives voice to those people, and imagines what it might have been like to have crossed paths with Jesus of Nazareth as they did. The ninety-three poems in the collection offer fresh--sometimes arresting--perspectives on the Gospels...and on their central character.
Click here to read the first eleven selections, from "The Carpenter's Mother" to "The Customer."