About the author
RJ Rose is the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Coeburn, Virginia where he has served since 2003. He is a 2003 graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville, Kentucky with a Master of Divinity degree in Theology and a 1993 graduate of the University of Virginia's College at Wise (formerly known as Clinch Valley College) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. He contributes to the weekly Pastor's Column of The Coalfield Progress newspaper located in Norton, Virginia. He is also employed as a youth mentor with the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. He operates Shadowlands Art Studio out of his home specializing in hand painted Christmas Ornaments.