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Jeffrey Rasley

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Born

Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, The United States

Website

http://www.jeffreyrasley.com

Twitter

https://twitter.com/jeffrasley

Genre

Travel, Religion & Spirituality, Historical Fiction and Thriller

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(Author writes under the name Jeff Rasley)

Jeff Rasley is the author of sixteen books and over 80 feature articles, which have been published in numerous academic and mainstream periodicals, including Newsweek, Chicago Magazine, ABA Journal, Family Law Review, Faith & Fitness Magazine, Friends Journal, Journal of Communal Societies, and Real Travel Adventures International Magazine. He is an award-winning photographer and his pictures taken in the Himalayas and Caribbean and Pacific islands have been published in several journals.

Rasley has engaged in social activism and philanthropic efforts from an early age. In high school he co-founded the Goshen Walk for Hunger. In law school he was an advocate for renters' rights as a lobbyist and pre (Author writes under the name Jeff Rasley)

Jeff Rasley is the author of sixteen books and over 80 feature articles, which have been published in numerous academic and mainstream periodicals, including Newsweek, Chicago Magazine, ABA Journal, Family Law Review, Faith & Fitness Magazine, Friends Journal, Journal of Communal Societies, and Real Travel Adventures International Magazine. He is an award-winning photographer and his pictures taken in the Himalayas and Caribbean and Pacific islands have been published in several journals.

Rasley has engaged in social activism and philanthropic efforts from an early age. In high school he co-founded the Goshen Walk for Hunger. In law school he was an advocate for renters' rights as a lobbyist and president of the Indianapolis Tenants Association. He is the founder of the Basa Village Foundation, past president of the Indianapolis Scientech Club and University of Chicago Indy Alumni Club. He served as a trustee for Earlham College, and is the president of the Scientech Foundation of Indiana and of the Basa Village Foundation. He is a director of the Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center and served as a director of the Indiana Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. He is a co-founder of the Jeff & Alicia Rasley Internship Program for the ACLU of Indiana.

Jeff is an avid outdoors-man and recreational athlete. He leads trekking-mountaineering expeditions in Nepal and has solo-kayaked around several Pacific island groups. He also loves to read and considers completing Marcel Proust's 3600 page Remembrance of Things Past as great an adventure as climbing Himalayan peaks and solo-kayaking Pacific islands.

Jeff is U.S. liaison for the Nepal-based Himalayan expedition company, Adventure GeoTreks Ltd. He has taught classes for IUPUI Continuing Ed. Program, Indiana Writers Center, Butler and Marian Universities.

Jeff is a graduate of the University of Chicago, A.B. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, All-Academic All-State Football Team and letter winner in swimming and football; Indiana University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, Moot Court and Indiana Law Review; Christian Theological Seminary, MDiv magna cum laude, co-valedictorian and Faculty Award Scholar. He has been admitted to the Indiana, U.S. District Court, and U.S. Supreme Court Bars.

He was given a Key to the City of Indianapolis for serving as a law school intern to Mayor Hudnut and preparing a report on the safety conditions of all Indy Parks. Rasley has received the Man of the Year award from the Arthur Jordan YMCA and the Alumni Service Award from the University of Chicago.

Rasley has been a featured guest on over 200 podcast, radio, and TV shows and has given programs to many service clubs, community organizations, and churches.

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Nostalgia for the early 1960s

Not to be overly dramatic, but the "Big Ed" story came to me like Proust's madeleine experience. The whole story filled my mind after seeing some kids wrestling around at my local YMCA. Ala Proust, there were gaps in my memory of what happened one day at my grade school in 1965, so imagination was used to create this work of auto-fiction. Back then, the culture war fought out at my small-town Midw Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.88 · 182 ratings · 58 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal 3.49 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2010 — 9 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
	A Hitchhiker’s Big Adventure: On the road from Indiana to Key West and New Orleans for Mardi Gras 1972 (Jack Stories Book 3) 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — 6 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
	False Prophet: A Legal Thriller 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Godless-- Living a Valuable Life Beyond Beliefs (Memoirs of a Thoughtful Traveler Book 6) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Anarchist, Republican... Assassin (Jack Stories Book 8) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Hero's Journey: John Ritter, the Chip Hilton of Goshen, Indiana; a Memoir really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 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
	A Pickleball Soap Opera: Love, Murder, and Pickleball (Jack Ross Series) 3.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Monsters of the Midway 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Island Adventures: Disconnecting in the Caribbean and South Pacific 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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
	Pilgrimage: Sturgis to Wounded Knee and Back Home Again, a Memoir 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	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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I just listened to the audio book and increased my previous 4-sta rating to 5 stars. It's a great story and a wonderful tribute to Christian faith. Lawhead well represents the existential crisis of a deeply faithful and thoughtful person confronted w ...more
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Harris's historical fiction is gripping. Although none of the 3 main characters are entirely sympathetic, they, and several of the secondary characters, are drawn with such fine details as to their world views, passions, and motivations, the reader c ...more
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Jeffrey Rasley and 1 other person liked Erin Poston's review of The Guest Book: "3.5 stars. An interesting family drama. It was about 100 pages too long. “Forgive me … but it is a mistake to think news happens somewhere else. To others. The news is always about you. You must simply fit yourself in it. You must see how—you must be " Read more of this review »
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Jeffrey Rasley rated a book it was amazing The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2) by Mary Renault	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
I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as The King Must Die, but it is still well worth reading by those who like historical fiction about legendary/mythical characters. If you know the legends/myths about Theseus--and there are different versions--it ...more
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Jeffrey Rasley rated a book it was amazing The Warden by Anthony Trollope	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
The Warden, Septimus Harding, is one of Trollope’s most poignant characters. He is accused of unethically profiting off of a Church-run almshouse for elderly men. The accuser is the Warden's daughter's suitor, Dr. John Bold, a zealous local reformer. ...more
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“Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.”
― Jeffrey Rasley, Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal

tags: biography, expeditions, himalayas, memoir, mountaineering, mountains, nepal, philanthropy, three-cups-of-tea, tibet, trekking

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“Beliefs divide us, values unite us."

from Godless – Living a Valuable Life beyond Beliefs”
― Jeff Rasley

tags: conduct-of-life-philosophy, conservative-politics, fundamentalism, inspirational, isis, peace, political-gridlock, progressive-politics, purpose-life, religion, self-help, spiritual-journey, spirituality, tea-party

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“too young to live, too old to die”
― Jeff Rasley, Island Adventures: Disconnecting in the Caribbean and South Pacific

tags: adventure-travel, beaches, climbing-mountains, exploring, islands, kayaking, mountaineering, sailing, scuba-diving, travel-writing

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Justice Betrayed: The Rise & Fall of a Death Penalty Crusader”
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“Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.”
― Jeffrey Rasley, Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal