Larry J. Michael, Ph.D., is Executive Director of Alabama Grief Support Services. He is an ordained minister and holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland, and Master's and Ph.D. degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. Prior to joining AGSS, Dr. Michael served over thirty years in pastoral ministry, working in five different states and in England. He taught as an adjunct professor at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham and has written for a number of periodicals and authored a book on leadership. He resides in Hoover with his wife Kathryn, has three married children--Ashley, Kent and Graham, one married stepdaughter Allison, one favorite grandson, Walker and more recently a favorite granddaughter, Esme