I came to Royal Lane in 1969 at the invitation of my in-laws, John and Bettye Stokes. Bill and I had just returned from his Army days in El Paso and Okinawa. John was a deacon and the deacons had “Little Flocks”. These groups met in the deacon’s homes. There were quite a few people [...]

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Author Sue Monk Kidd instantly drew me in to her book “The Dance of the Dissident Daughter” from the first paragraph of the introduction. She recalls a question she heard asked on National Public Radio: “Once you wake up, can you wake up any more?” She then goes on to describe a period of her life [...]

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We joined Royal Lane thirty years ago because friends who were members told us it was the kind of a church that we would appreciate. We found that so very true. Royal Lane members believe in the fundamentals of our faith: the Lordship of Christ, the son of God, born of a virgin, crucified but [...]

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Somewhere up there…or out there… Sophie Rose Pines Nicolette and Charles S. Nicolette have got to be grinning. You see, this is the moment that they spent hundreds of hours grooming me for. Now, several decades later, after they have both gone home to be with their Creator, their only daughter Christine is for the [...]

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My side of the story starts with the first time I met my wife to be, Terry Sturch. At the time, I was selling furniture at Haverty’s, and she was teaching music in Highland Park.  Fast forward to several months later and Terry is telling everyone inside RLBC “I Will!” to the question, “Will you [...]

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