Phil was born into a family of spiritually-minded people.  Prayer and bible study were important to them. Early on he developed strong worship habits.  At the age of seven he gave his heart to Jesus.  He loved inspirational bible stories and memorized portions of scripture.

His love and pursuit of art served him well as a ministerial student in college.  He gave “chalk-talks” to church youth groups.  Using pastel chalk he illustrated Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane as he talked of God’s love for all His children.

Phil recounts several significant turning-point experiences in his life.  Once, while in college, his uncle Paul, a traveling song evangelist, gave him a copy of Earl Nightingale’s, The Strangest Secret - a record he listened to over and over. “Throughout all history, the great wise men and philosophers and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things,” Nightingale said. “It is only on this one point that they are in complete and unanimous agreement.” The “secret” is that one literally becomes what he thinks about.

Marcus Aurelius said: “A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.” As philosopher & psychologist William James put it, “The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.”  According to Jesus in Mark 9:23: “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”  In William Shakespeare’s words: “Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.”  Armed with this knowledge Phil created abundance of what was needed and wanted in his life.

Throughout his life whenever he faced a problem he turned to his Guide within for the answer.  He would ask a question and then be quiet and his “spirit guides” would tell him what he needed to know.  Later he learned this was the voice of the Holy Spirit.

Another turning point came when Phil attended Werner Erhard’s est training in 1975, where he experienced a transformational shift in his consciousness. He discovered “Getting it” is a matter of choosing what you got.  It's much easier to ride the horse in the direction he's going.  You don’t have to go looking for love when it is where you come from.

A third transformational experience came when Phil discovered A Course In Miracles.  Phil had always been a “self-help, success-motivation, spiritual-devotional” kind of book junkie.  But this book was different. It spoke of Love as the opposite of fear; Forgiveness as accepting what is; and Truth as just being what’s so. It transformed him from a “human-doing” to a “human-Being” by living in the Now.

He and his wife, Judy, share the text reading and workbook lesson of the Course every morning as they start their day.  They’ve been studying the Course for eight years.  They attend a local study group and occasionally attend meetings around the country.

Retired from a career in computers – 15 years with IBM and 18 years self employed as a computer consultant – Phil now spends his time communing with Holy Spirit and Mother Nature while gardening. He also develops and maintains websites for non-profit organizations on a volunteer basis.  Phil says, “I am here only to be truly helpful.  I am here to represent Him Who sent me.  My greatest desire is to be of service to Thee Oh Lord.”