I want to say this isn’t really about me, but that wouldn’t be truthful. It is my desire, however, that over time it becomes more and more about Jesus. If my story shines a light on Him, than it’s a story worth telling. I do believe He has shown me a few things over my lifetime that I think will be of benefit to others, so I have set out to put it in a book. Thus much of the material here has been removed or abbreviated in favor of the detail that will be in the book.

Current Activities and Interests

Linda and I have found our place.  I know that God calls us to give out of what we have been given.  Admittedly it raises many questions, but we feel we can do that in our church home, Bartimaeus Baptist Temple.  I now serve as pastor there, bringing to fulfillment the message God gave me when i was just a little boy, not yet old enough to understand my need for Jesus.

I worked for about twenty-four years as a computer programmer for Bank of America, mostly on a COBOL based loan processing application called ALS. I had a more pretentious sounding title, but I can never remember what it is, so I tell people what I actually did. My home has been the home office for the past few years as Linda’s care needs have advanced such that I can only be away for a few hours at a time.

I am as politically active as I can be under my current circumstances. Though hope four our country lies in a return of our hearts to Jesus and not in anything a politician or political party can do, it is our duty as Christians to steward well the blessings we have been given just by living here. I urge everyone who can to do their homework and vote responsibly.

I like to read. For pleasure I love a good story.  I have a definite preference for science fiction, but I will read just about anything as long as it is interesting and reasonably clean.  Now that I am able to get most of my reading material from sources other than the library, I’m tending toward more Christian themed fiction.  I also enjoy reading other materials that expand my understanding or make me think.  This preference is growing as I see the benefits of spending more time meditating on  the truth.  I also read a lot of news and feel it my duty to stay informed.

I enjoy music.  I have a serious habit.  Just about any style will do, though I do have limits.  Country is out, though I do enjoy anything that has a lot of complicated instrumental work in it.  I have pretended at being a musician enough to have great respect for those who play well.  Opera, however, is off the list completely.  I particularly enjoy Dance, Rock, Any well-played instrumental, and praise and worship.  I’m not that thrilled with most of what you can hear on the typical radio station, Christian or otherwise.  Though I do not have a moral objection to any music not labeled Christian, I choose it almost exclusively.  Music is often enjoyed passively,  I want only that which is good and pure to be entering my mind in that way.  A movie buff I am not, but I do have a few favorites that I like to collect.  I am a fan of the Star Trek movies except for the reboots and the TV series’, especially Deep Space Nine.  I have a full set of the Star Wars movies again excepting the latest installments, which have ruined the whole thing.  I have the Babylon Five series in iTunes.  Yes, I recognize the disconnect between this list and what I said about music.  I enjoy the imagination that goes into science fiction, but I’m increasingly conscious of the underlying philosophy that is anything but Godly.

I am sure you will not be surprised to learn that I am into computers, but you might be surprised to learn that I take only a passing interest these days.  Too many other things are more important.  Other peripheral interests include nature and creation theories, church history, and technology in general.

Brief Biography

I was born on January 14, 1970 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. I thank God regularly that I have two wonderful, Christian parents who loved me much and taught me well. We moved a lot because my father was in the military, and then because of his ministry. My most memorable years were spent in Arkansas.

My parents never made a point of the fact that I could hardly see. In fact, it took me many years to really understand that my condition was not normal, even though I underwent a lot of teasing and then attended a school for the blind. I am very grateful for this, because I never got the idea that my condition prevented me from doing anything. It was in my adult years that I found my frustration growing as I discovered that there are some limitations that won’t go away whatever we want to say about them.  However, Yahweh’s grace is sufficient.

I am a graduate of Texas Tech University With a B.B.A. in Management Information Systems. I graduated in May of 1997. It took a while to get there.  I started back in 1988 at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.  Due to family complications, I left during the Fall term of 1989 and didn’t get back around to traditional college until Trinity Valley Community College in Palestine, Texas in 1993.  In the interim, I worked for TeleSensory Systems Inc., a past vendor of assistive technology for the blind. I also attended and then worked for what was then the Computer Programmer Training for the Physically Challenged course at El Centro College in Dallas, Texas. It later became Computer Programmer Training for People with Disabilities, and is now defunct.  It was an excellent course which produced programmers who tested above students with four years of traditional college and two years of work experience. I worked for about twenty-four years as a programmer at Bank of America in Dallas, Texas.  I needed the success of my profession just to know I could do it, but now I hope to be able to take a new direction.

If you do not know Yahweh through the work of Jesus at the cross, I encourage you to give your life to Him.  If you would like to know more about how and why, read this.


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