Author · Storyteller · Writing mentor
True stories, told plainly.
For half a century, Frank Ball has helped people discover the story within their experience—and tell it with clarity, purpose, and power.
Dozens of books written · Thousands of stories shared · Decades mentoring writers
The books
Narrative non-fiction for today’s readers
All the Bible's information about Jesus in a chronological story that reads like a novel. Better than a harmony of the Gospels where we lack information from non-Gospel biblical text and have to mentally merge details from different gospel accounts.
The writing
Six hundred essays, plainly told
Short reflections on faith, craft and the everyday moments that turn into stories worth keeping.
Speaking & workshops
Bring the story to your room
Talks and hands-on workshops on storytelling, faith and the writing craft — for churches, conferences, writers' groups and leadership teams.
- The Gifts and Callings of God
- Stop and Go
- Highly Favored
- Made for the Moment
- Sixteen Reasons Why I Love God
What people say
“I finally read Eyewitness. I skimmed it back in 2008, but recently I began to read a few pages each morning. Frank Ball has done a remarkable job of combining the four Gospel narratives into a single story. Unlike The Message, Ball avoids hackneyed phrases and clichéd statements and that made for smooth reading. I’m a seminary graduate and majored in New Testament Greek. I write that because Ball’s loose translation impressed me. As I read, many times I thought, He understands the meaning. He truly gets it. Now I ask myself, “Why didn’t read the whole book 7 years ago?”
“Eyewitness: The Life of Christ told in one story is a long overdue book. Frank Ball takes all the information from the Gospels (and even Old Testament like Isaiah and Genesis) and puts them into one chronological story of Jesus’ life. It is so easy to read and understand and it makes so much sense! I love it as it is making the life of Christ come alive for me. What a great tool for yourself and a phenomenal gift for others. One of the best things about it is that it isn’t overwhelming. It is broken down into the individual stories of Jesus’ life so you can read a one page account or you can read pages and pages as you get pulled into the living, breathing story of Jesus.”
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Frank works with writers one-on-one and speaks to groups of every size. Start the conversation.