I was born and raised in Marion, VA, and grew up at First UMC there. I attended Emory & Henry and Candler School of Theology at Emory University. I have served appointments in the British Methodist Church in southwestern England and here in Holston in East Tennessee (Keith Memorial in Athens, Englewood and Mars Hill, St. Mark in Knoxville, and now Signal Crest). My wife Tracy and I have two teenage sons, Noah and Wesley.