Chris G. Neeley is a lifelong Lutheran and a member of Mount Tabor Lutheran Church in West Columbia, South Carolina. He and his wife, Janie, are the parents of three children, including Marsh, a 10-year-old with Down syndrome. Chris is a colonel in the U. S. Army Reserve, serves as superintendent of the South Carolina Public Charter School District, and writes about faith, belonging and seeing the God-given spark in every child.