St. Louis is my hometown and always will be. For the last seven years I have pastored the most wonderful group of Christians at Providence Baptist in Rock Hill.

But when the sun rises tomorrow morning, a moving company crew will show up at my family’s house and pack up our belongings to move us into our new home in Louisville, Kentucky. The last six weeks have rushed by like a MetroLink train - acceptance of a job, beginning work, finding and buying and remodeling a home, and packing up a house - all of this has added up to a fast-paced June and July.

Although it is bittersweet to leave parents, friends, and family behind here in St. Louis, there is also an accompanying great amount of excitement in my new work as Director of Research for Dr. Albert Mohler, the President of my alma mater, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He produces a daily radio program and blogs about current theological, cultural, and ethical issues several times a week. My work will be to help in the production of these areas, so I encourage you to check out the link to Dr. Mohler and subscribe to the feeds.

And a thanks to Tim and Kurt for giving me the green light to stay on board here at Civil Religion. I look forward to our future conversations.