About Me

My Conversion and Career as an Employment Lawyer

I’ve been a Christian since I was born-again at 12 years old in a Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting. I seriously considered the ministry but came to my senses, ultimately realizing I could be more effective for the kingdom of God as a lawyer than a minister.

I’ve practiced employment law for more than thirty years. For the first half of my career I counseled and represented employees, and for the second half of my career I have counseled and represented employers. I’ve been repeatedly selected to my state’s Super Lawyers list and to the Best Lawyers in America list. Yes, there really are such lists.

My Hobbies

I enjoy reading, writing and traveling. I try to read 50 books each year–mostly non-fiction. I’ve had this blog now for nearly 15 years and published over 850 posts. The Wife and I enjoy traveling and mining the Christian history out of the places we visit, which have given rise to the travel devotionals you will find on this blog.

My Church (and stint as a pastor)

I attend a non-denominational church I helped relaunch and pastored for a year (while running my law practice) until we found a real pastor. We started in a movie theater with about 50 people. Today we own our building, have three services, and nearly 600 people who attend on Sunday.  However, I was never selected to a Best Pastors list.

The Wife & The Fam

I’ve been married to the same beautiful woman for more than thirty years. She was in the ministry for fifteen years, helping plant churches and conduct Bible studies for women on college campuses in the United States and at Oxford, England.

I’m also the parent (not biological) of a proud, high maintenance Persian cat, aptly named Cyrus the Great, although we just call him “Cy.”

This Blog

My vision is to see a substantial expansion of the kingdom of God on the earth in my lifetime.

This blog is intended to contribute to the discussion of the kingdom of God by sharing what I’ve learned in reading, praying and thinking about the kingdom, work, and personal transformation (sanctification) for more than thirty years.

I will also act as a critic here from time to time, reviewing movies and books (my wife says I’m very critical).

You may wonder what right a non-seminary trained trial lawyer could have to write anything about the kingdom of God.

My belief is Jesus would not have spent so much time teaching common people about the kingdom of God unless it was possible for common people, even a simple employment lawyer, to understand it.

The Disclaimer

Nothing on this blog is intended to create a lawyer-client relationship. Nor should you consider anything I write on this blog to be legal advice. If you need legal advice see a lawyer, a different lawyer, not me, not here. Thanks. GS