Jerry Griffin is Pastor at the Mount Ida Church of God, Arkansas. He is also the author of 'Please Tell Me Lord', which is a poem, a book, and a weekly newspaper series. The latter is published by the Montgomery County News, Arkansas.
Jerry says he's just an ordinary person not unlike any other, but one who has learned to trust in God and his Son, Jesus Christ, and who is intently interested in helping others to do the same. Despite having done a lot of personal writing, such as note taking, Biblical commentary, sermons, and even some poetry, until 2022 he had never published any of his work. But as he returned to the ministry in 2021 (after a long absence), he saw writing letters in the local newspaper as a means to reach out to people beyond the walls of his Church, and viewed this as a part of his ministry calling. Now, approaching the end of 2023, he has "answered the call" to widen his ministry again through publishing his weekly letters in book form.