In my youth my grandfather told me, “Never ask a man where he is from… if he’s from Texas he’ll tell you and if he’s not… why embarrass him?” Having said that… I was born in a county in Northeast Texas… Pennsylvania July 13 1944.

In my life I have been blest with more talent than I know what to do with… because I have been able to master any task I undertook with ease. I never truly did anything 100%. I always took the easy way… never really applying myself to anything. But that was all a part of His plan… It led me to educating myself beyond my own intelligence, making six figure incomes and being broken and humbled by God and shown I knew nothing… and was nothing without Him.

My resume includes accomplished equestrian, teacher, preacher, singer, songwriter, author athlete, skydiver, scuba diver, Viet Nam Vet, marketing director, public relations director, aquatics director and on and on… My life was full of fluff and no substance. It was not until Easter Sunrise of 1993 that I discovered the calling that God had on my life.

Together, my wife Catherine and I have established Morning Star Ranch Ministries in the San Antonio Texas area… and have been blessed to watch Gods majestic creatures minister and change lives. We have grown from just our own personal horses to a pasture full of everything from Arabians, Percherons, Quarter Horses, American Sadlebreds, Hackney Ponies, Welch Ponies, Caspians and even a few Donkeys sprinkled in. All can be seen at www.morningstarranch.org

God is now, and always has been, in the testimony business. He has brought me down a road that has brought me to Biblical understanding of who we as men were designed to be… He has, through these horses, taught me His principles of submission to The Master. He has given me a ministry that allows me to use these precious horses to demonstrate His principles in a way that is both humbling and exhilarating.

Jim has endured the agony of separation from his wife and family through an unjustified incarceration and the thrill of singing alongside some of the top Christian entertainers in the world. His life, his history and his faith make him a man that will bring a blessing to your church, your organization and your life.