Veteran. Believer.
Ben Duelley
Reluctant author.
I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania, and there are a lot of "I never thought I would..." moments in my life.
Like wrestle at the Naval Academy...
Do some really cool things in airplanes...
Find my soulmate...
Raise kids that share my sense of humor...
And I certainly didn't think I'd hear God tell me to write a book.
Books
God Was Always Speaking, I Just Wasn't Listening
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On a Wednesday afternoon in September, I was told a "low vibrational entity" had attached itself to me. If that sounds crazy, I would have agreed with you a year earlier. Honestly, I would have been the first one backing slowly toward the exit.I was a retired Navy Captain. A Commanding Officer. A husband. A father of three. I spent 24 years flying combat missions and leading sailors around the world. From the outside, my life looked strong.Inside, I was unraveling.I had mastered compartmentalizing. Take the stress, seal it in a box, move on. Behind the discipline and the drive were depression, anxiety, and months of quietly talking myself out of suicide. I didn't know how to ask for help. I barely knew how to name what I was carrying. I did what I had always done. I sucked it up and kept moving.Wednesday broke me open. Thursday changed everything.That day, I walked into a church I never planned to enter and asked a question I never imagined I would ask. I wasn't chasing faith or the supernatural. I was just desperate enough to ask for help. What I found inside set off a chain of events that led me to El Salvador, where I went as a skeptic and stood in the middle of miracles I couldn't deny.This book is about the cost of holding it all together while falling apart inside. It explores doubt, the moments you can't chalk up to coincidence, and what happens when God shows up in ways you cannot ignore.You may pick this up thinking it's someone else's story.By the end, you'll know it was written for you.
Endorsed By...
An Army of Angels Here
When I returned to El Salvador in the summer of 2025, I thought I knew what the trip was going to be like.I was wrong.
Available August 7th, 2026
One year after a life-altering journey to El Salvador, Ben returns to the same mountains, the same streets, and many of the same faces.An Army of Angels Here follows a group of ordinary people on a mission to San Salvador who arrive expecting to serve, only to find that God has His own surprises in store.Inside classrooms and village prayer circles, a pattern begins to form that defies human logic or simple coincidence. Ben captures the awe-inspiring moments where the veil between heaven and earth thins, from divine appointments to the miraculous healing of the broken.As the journey unfolds, one truth comes into focus:Some things are much closer than we think.
From the Writerhood Collective
Writerhood started as a simple conversation at City Point Church about how a book actually comes to life. What began as a casual idea quickly grew into a small group—a handful of people gathering on Saturday mornings to talk about writing, storytelling, and the courage it takes to put your heart on a page.The Writerhood Collective writes under the pen name W.C. Allen.
Have you ever had a God moment—something so unexpected it made you stop and wonder whether God was trying to show you something?We started a small group at our church, with the goal of learning about the writing process and encouraging each other to put pen to paper.Putting words on paper helped us name and navigate things like trauma, fear, grief, guilt, joy, and love. And by sharing those stories, our hope is that someone else will feel a little less alone in theirs.
A word spoken to an entire room that somehow found only you. A pastor who said exactly the right thing at exactly the right moment. A friendship that turned out to be anything but accidental.Threads is a collection of true stories from the Writerhood Collective, a group of friends from City Point Church in Allen, Texas. They set out to answer a question their Senior Pastor once asked out loud: “I never really know where a message leads. Maybe one day I'll know.”A thread by itself doesn't look like much. But in the hands of the right weaver, it becomes something that holds.These are the stories of threads none of them knew they were weaving—until now.Coming Soon.
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About the Author
Ben Duelley
Captain, US Navy (Retired)
Ben Duelley is a proud husband, father, decorated combat veteran, and award-winning author. His debut memoir, God Was Always Speaking, I Just Wasn’t Listening, shares his journey through depression, faith, and redemption—drawing on over 24 years of military service, seven global deployments, and mission work in El Salvador.Today, Ben inspires readers with stories of hope and resilience while pursuing ministry studies at City Point College and the Destiny Leadership Institute. He and his wife, Eleanor, live in Texas with their three children.
Penta eagles
Publishing
The Meaning Behind the LogoThe eagle has woven itself through my life — from sports teams, schools, squadrons and even my final rank after serving in the Navy.I created the Penta Eagles logo a few years ago to honor that theme, but something deeper clicked one morning while I was sitting in a dentist’s waiting room. I picked up a Bible from the side table, flipped it open, and it landed on this:“He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.”
- Psalm 91:4And In that moment I realized something. Throughout every moment of my life, God has been there, whether I knew it or not.
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