: About Me

Garry M. Spotts, M.Div., is a native of Louisville, Kentucky and a product of the Jefferson County Public Schools. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, Grehan School of Journalism, he continued his post-secondary education; by completing a Master of Divinity degree course of study at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.

He has distinguished himself as an exceptional personal & professional development consultant through his private consulting practice, The Spotts Group Consulting, supporting professional educators, students, parents and business owners.

Professionally Garry M. Spotts has served as the Academic Dean of Simmons Bible College (Now Simmons College of Kentucky), The Executive Director of The St. Stephen Family Life Center, The Minister of Education and Staff Development at Zion Baptist Church and most recently the Servant Teacher of Paideia Ministries, Inc., and a is consultant and teaching servant to various churches, conventions, and Christian groups and a mentor to various ministry leaders.

Garry M. Spotts  publishes a faith-based blog, www.Discipledliving.com .

He is father to 19 year old twins.

In His Own Words About Writing and Speaking

Human expression is my passion. The voice, whether written or spoken is the greatest instrument known to humankind. We make so much and so little of human expression that people are confused.

I believe that writing should be so lucid that it compels the resistant to read. The spoken word should be so emotive, simply stated yet profound in its meaning that the hearers are transfixed by it. Human Expression is our highest calling! It encompasses so many forms of study including faith, science, philosophy, art, history and others that it assumes the function of mother for them all.

Study and observation are the impregnators of the human heart and human expression is the birth of human idea which when matured may transform the world. I am an observer, a student, and a thinker; pregnant with thought, birthing expression in written and spoken form.

My passion is ...

Writing, teaching and helping people grow

I know too much about ...

Kung Fu

My parents always told me ...

Time Gets Away From You!

My childhood ambition ...

Be an Astronaut

My favorite memory ...

The day I discovered, realized that humans created language, was the day I fell in love with it.

Why I write ...

Because I have to and I have something to say, why not say it well and in a compelling way!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Bible Daily, and Anything Rabbi Abraham Heschel has written.

My first job ...

Pot washer

My best moment ...

When I see the light bulb illuminate in my student's mind as I am teaching.

My inspiration ...

Silence, it is the background of deep cleansing and redemptive thought.

Relationships & Family > Couple Communication Ways conflict can improve a relationship

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Relationship is fragile by nature because it is a tenuous agreement between two people.  It is an artificial arrangement constructed between people who have personal interests and desires which may not match the long term trajectory of the relationship.  Personal interests are the source of most conflict in relationships. While many people consider conflict unacceptable in a relationship, the wisest of us know that it is unavoidable; in fact it is completely natural and necessary.  Because it is natural it should be anticipated, and if anticipated we should plan our response...

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