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Roy Goble is the author of Junkyard Wisdom Advent, and Salvaged: Leadership Lessons Pulled From the Junkyard. He is also the CEO of Goble Properties, a real estate investment company based in Silicon Valley, and co-founder of PathLight International, a nonprofit based in Belize—while still finding time to visit and learn from friends and ministry partners around the world. Roy lives with his wife, D’Aun, in Northern California.

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	Junkyard Wisdom Advent by Roy Goble (Goodreads Author), D.R. Jacobsen 4.37 avg rating — 43 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salvaged: Leadership Lessons Pulled from the Junkyard by Roy Goble (Goodreads Author), D.R. Jacobsen (With) 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Junkyard Wisdom: Resisting the Whisper of Wealth in a World of Broken Parts 4.22 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Junkyard Wisdom Rebuilt: Resisting the Whisper of Wealth in a World of Broken Parts by Roy Goble (Goodreads Author), D.R. Jacobsen (With) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Junkyard Wisdom Lent: The Human Side of Lent begins as Jesus Journeys Toward Jerusalem by Roy Goble (Goodreads Author), D. R. Jacobsen 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Junkyard Wisdom Rebuilt: Generosity in a World of Broken Parts by Roy Goble (Goodreads Author), D. R. Jacobsen 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Junkyard Wisdom Lent: Authentic, daily devotions about the human, humorous, and sometimes messy side of the Lent story by Roy Goble (Goodreads Author), D.R. Jacobsen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Junkyard Wisdom Lent: The Human Side of Lent begins as Jesus Journeys Toward Jerusalem by Roy Goble (Goodreads Author), D R Jacobsen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Junkyard Wisdom Lent: The Human Side of Lent begins as Jesus Journeys Toward Jerusalem by Roy Goble (Goodreads Author), D. R. Jacobsen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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