New Wine Mental Illness and the Church

Rodney has worked at everything from milking cows to helping shape the laws of the land as an attorney and political activist. I am a committed follower of Christ and the husband of a wonderful lady and father of two terrific kids. I have dealt with depression / bi-polar most of my life. Looking back I don't recall a time in my life where it was not a part of me. I lived a very normal childhood in a family with 6 kids and 2 wondeful parents. As a kid I spent most of my time camping, hunting, fishing and watching TV. In school I was intelligent but completely uninterested in school. As a result I got through High School but never excelled to the lever I was capable of. While in Senior High I started dating my soul-mate Cindy. We were married a year out of high school, October, 1981, and have been together for 30+ years. Our kids are so much like us and are some of the greatest joys in my life. I am looking forward to being a grandpa someday and think I will do a great job at spoiling them. I have considered myself a Christian all of my life but did not get serious with God until September 21, 1987, when I dedicated myself to Jesus. Since then I have tried to follow Jesus and become the man he wants me to be, at times doing well and other times failing miserably. In 1993 I went back to school and got my Bachelors degree in accounting from Charleston Southern University and then went to Law School at Regent University in 1999. I went to work with a law firm in Williamsport, PA, in 1999 and then started my own practice in 2004. Unfortunately, that was around the time my bi-polar started to assert itself and, in all honesty, starting the practice was probably the product of a manic episode not a well thought out business decision. In 2005 things got weird and since then I have found myself relying on God more than ever and learning to trust and obey.