ROBERT BAYLIS is the author of several books, including the group Bible studies Ephesians: Living in God's Household and Romans: A Letter to Nonconformists. He also wrote a history of the Christian Brethren, titled My People, as well as two books on travel: Europe on Purpose and Pilgrim's London. In addition to teaching a high-school course on the Bible as literature, he owned a bookstore near U.C. Berkeley for twenty years and worked in the travel industry for fifteen years.