American-born Philip S Weeks migrated to Tasmania, Australia in 1974 to teach high school English, Speech and Drama, after graduating from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Philip began lay preaching and leading Bible Studies in 1970, and in addition to teaching high school, became pastor of Camberwell Community Church in Melbourne, Australia in 1986 and associate pastor back in Tasmania in 1987. Philip began writing the contents of this book after contracting M.E. (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) in 1990, and has written five Christian novels since 1993, including three Fantasy and two Cyberpunk novels.
Following retirement from teaching and pastoring in 2017, Philip compiled over 25 years' worth of devotional material into this new edition of Views From Down Under 18and released it in 2022. Philip still lives in Tasmania with his wife of 46-plus years, and they share 5 grown children and 18 grandchildren. In addition to writing and reading Biblical studies, Philip continues to enjoy reading, films and estuary boating along Bass Strait.