About Me

School has taught me a little but life has taught me more. I earned a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, have served people in the United Methodist Church, in private practice as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, through authorship of Climbing Home, and in founding Shiloh Counseling Services. I have loved the art of photography for years and during retirement have finally been able to do serious study and practice of that art. I am now offering photography of relationships, events, portraits, and pets; galleries of my photographic work are available for viewing or purchase at Cloudspot Gallery. My wife, Calder, and I live in Lubbock, Texas with our wonderful adopted “furiends.” But those facts are just the beginning of my story.

(A hearty thanks to Jimmy Davis for the portrait!)

My Life 

I felt sort of lost in elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama. It helped to have family, like granddad, who loved and taught me; and fifty years of ministry, teaching, and counseling have enhanced my life. But God's love has become my primary teacher; Jesus Christ is loving me into life beyond degrees, even while walking through and recovering from valleys of destruction and dysfunction. God is teaching me above all through the outdoors, Christian sacraments, photography, devotions, and church; I share in this website some of what I am learning.

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