James Craig Noggle is an ordained United Methodist pastor. He holds two graduate certificates in ordained ministry and completed his undergraduate work in education and social work. He and his wife of thirty-five years live in a quiet, log home on Tranquility Ranch in the northern Michigan wilderness. Together, they have three sons and daughters along with four grandchildren.Reverend Noggle's prayer is for his four-volume devotional, Rivers of Eden, to help readers enjoy daily walks with God in the garden, alongside the rivers of living water in Eden.