Gary and his wife, Viveca Yoshikawa, are the authors of 50+ books, including their newest, "End of Life’s Journey: A Caregiver’s Handbook by an End-of-Life Doula," and their very first, "Fall of Constantine’s Christian Empire: A Renewed Call to Transformation." In addition to their passion for writing, they enjoy building community, encouraging faith, and bringing love into the lives of everyone they meet. You are encouraged to sign up to get updates about their writinghere.
Authors' Bios:
Gary R. Uremovich, DMin, PhD, is an author, educator, retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, and retired Physician Assistant with more than four decades of experience in medicine, ministry, teaching, pastoral care, and spiritual formation. His writing reflects a lifelong interest in Scripture, human resilience, grief, aging, family relationships, and the ways faith shapes ordinary life.
Gary has served as a university professor, clinician, health educator, counselor, small-group leader, and ministry teacher. He holds graduate and doctoral degrees in educational counseling, pastoral care, spiritual development, and small-group ministry. His background allows him to write with both intellectual depth and practical compassion, bringing together biblical reflection, historical imagination, humor, and the realities of human struggle.
Along with his wife and coauthor, Viveca R. Yoshikawa, Gary is the cofounder of Growth Publishing LLC. Together, they have written and developed books, Bible studies, historical fiction, science fiction, small-group resources, and works on spiritual growth, grief, caregiving, and Christian formation. Gary’s goal as a writer is to help readers think deeply, laugh honestly, grieve faithfully, and discover grace in the middle of complicated lives.
Viveca R. Yoshikawa is an author, editor, researcher, and cofounder of Growth Publishing. Born in Sweden and shaped by an international life of learning, language, literature, and faith, Viveca brings a rich cultural and intellectual perspective to her writing and editorial work.
Her professional background includes service with the Scandinavian Section of the Library of Congress and many years in academic library leadership, with a focus on library technology and information systems. Fluent in multiple languages and deeply committed to the written word, Viveca has a gift for research, historical detail, and helping stories find clarity, structure, and emotional depth.
As a member of the National League of American Pen Women, Viveca continues to contribute to the literary arts through writing, editing, and collaboration. Alongside her husband and coauthor, Gary, she has helped develop their books across an amazing diversity of genres. They invite readers to engage Scripture, history, faith, and human experience with curiosity and grace.
Gary and his wife, Viveca Yoshikawa, are the authors of 50+ books, including their newest, "End of Life’s Journey: A Caregiver’s Handbook by an End-of-Life Doula," and their very first, "Fall of Constantine’s Christian Empire: A Renewed Call to Transformation." In addition to their passion for writing, they enjoy building community, encouraging faith, and bringing love into the lives of everyone they meet. You are encouraged to sign up to get...
There is a day after you discover you are a widow. The house looks the same — his shoes are still by the bed, his mug is still in the cupboard — but nothing else does. Suddenly, a Widow begins there, in that disorienting first morning, and stays with you through everything that follows: the fog of early grief, the paperwork that seems to...
The Candidate: Made in China is a political thriller about the most dangerous weapon a rival nation could place inside America—not a missile, not a virus, not a stolen file, but a bioengineered man with birthright citizenship. Tutored and trained in China to be the perfect presidential candidate.
Beyond Tubes and Tonsils: Lessons in Cancer, Courage, and Compassion from a Physician Assistant Residency
Beyond Tubes and Tonsils is not simply a memoir of medical training. It is the story of how a young Physician Assistant entered an ENT–Head and Neck Surgery residency expecting a specialty of ear infections, sinus problems, tonsils, and...
Faith was never meant to be lived within the boundaries of a single generation. Our Intergenerational Bible Study Series is designed to bring children, teens, young adults, adults, and older adults together around Scripture—creating space for every generation to listen,...
Paul’s Epistle to the Romans is one of the most influential and theologically rich books of the New Testament. It moves from humanity’s need for grace to the transforming power of the gospel, from questions of sin and salvation to...
Viveca and I have spent many hours listening to women talk about life after the death of a husband. The conversations often begin with what happened—the illness, the final days, the telephone call, or the morning when everything changed. As the conversation continues, we hear about what follows. The house is quiet. Decisions remain, unfamiliar responsibilities take hold, and evenings stretch longer than they once did. Even the ordinary routines of a day can feel different when the person who...
There comes a time in life when experience begins to connect in ways we never expected.
After decades of serving as a physician assistant, educator, counselor, military officer, professor, pastor, author, health coach, and lifelong student, I began to see that none of these experiences stood alone. Each one pointed toward the same purpose: helping people grow into healthier, wiser, and more purposeful lives.
Welcome to Gary & Viveca's Blog: A Journey of Writing, Faith, Story, and Discovery
Every journey begins somewhere. Ours has begun with a pen, a keyboard, a stack of ideas, far too many cups of coffee, and the shared conviction that stories still matter.
Welcome to garyandviveca.com, the online home for the writing, publishing, and creative work of Gary R. Uremovich and Viveca R. Yoshikawa. We are delighted to open this space for readers, friends, small-group leaders, seekers, encouragers,...
