I’m Jim. I chose the title, forest dweller. because I read that in some traditions that is what you call one who is finding their way in the third stage of life.
That’s where I am on life’s journey, retired, seeking God, trying to remember where the maps are for this stage. That’s also where I am literally, in the mountains of NC, with the trees, ancient stones, bears, and crows.

Biographically, I served as a United Methodist minister in the South Carolina Annual Conference for 32 years. Now retired, my wife Kathryn and I hang out with family, ponder stuff with good friends, and serve as personal assistants for Fisher and Lulu, our two dogs.

Thank you very much for checking out the blog. If interested, I also wrote an religious, historical fiction book called, The Samaritan’s Friend. It’s a story about an unnamed disciple that follows Jesus for a couple of years, losing faith at the crucifixion, and finding hope and healing as he walks the sacred path that will become the Camino Frances.