“I suppose you could say I’ve always been a son of two worlds—the natural and the spiritual. It was the inevitable result of my upbringing, I realize now. What else could come of being raised close to the earth as I was, working the soil in the small towns of Texas where folks still live, for the most part, by the laws of decency and common sense…and at the same time growing up the son of a preacher, a man of God who spent his days opening windows to heaven, and imploring his flock more...
