I was born five miles east of nowhere and had little hope of ever seeing the vast beauty much of the world had to offer. The first 16 years of my ministry was spent as a local church pastor. The last pastorate was in Joplin, Missouri where I met the National Marketing Director of a large publishing company from Wheaton, Illinois that changed the direction of my life. My first jet flight was one stormy Monday morning as I flew from Joplin to Chicago...