Jim is a retired pastor and businessman who spent over two decades in ministry before helping launch and run a family business for twenty-five years. A graduate of Ohio Northern University and Duke Divinity School, he also completed post-graduate studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He has served churches across five states and now lives in Ocala, Florida, where he enjoys teaching Bible studies, writing, and cycling.

Jim was married to his first wife, Sue, for 24 years before her passing from cancer at age 42. They had two children. He later reunited with and married his high school sweetheart, Barb, and they have now been married for 30 years. Jim is the proud grandfather of six.