John is a recent transplant to Mississippi from Houston, Texas where he spent most of his working life in the pipeline industry. During those years he discovered Unitarian Universalism. He attended the Houston Graduate School of Theology, graduating with a Masters of Divinity. He was ordained by Thoreau Woods UU Church in Huntsville, TX. John is looking forward to retirement in a couple of years with his husband, Randy, on their small cattle farm outside of Forest. He is now a member of the UU Church of Jackson.