Billy Graham (1918–2018), world-renowned preacher, evangelist, and author, delivered the Gospel message to more people face-to-face than anyone in history and ministered on every continent of the world in almost 200 countries and territories. His ministry extended far beyond stadiums and arenas, utilizing radio, television, film, print media, wireless communications, and thirty-three books, all that still carry the Good News of God's redemptive love for mankind. Engraved on a simple fieldstone in the Memorial Prayer Garden where he is buried at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, these words exemplify how the man and the minister wished to be remembered: "Preacher of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ."

Scott J. Wake?eld graduated from Art Center College of Design in 2003. Since that time, Scott has worked as a freelance illustrator, serving national children’s magazines and major publishers such as HarperCollins, Sterling, Scholastic, and McGraw Hill. Versatile with nearly any medium, Scott’s body of work includes images done in traditional media such as oil paint, ink, pastels, and acrylic, as well as digital platforms of. Scott’s work demonstrates engaging characters, effective storytelling, and a strong sense of life and light. At its best, “the marks are fresh and con?dent. An abstract collection of honest brushstrokes on one hand, and the seamless depiction of a convincing reality on the other.”