Ross Thomas Lucas Jr. grew up in Indiana where he completed his bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University. He earned a Master’s of Divinity at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kentucky. He later earned his Master’s in Education from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and completed a Ph.D. from Indiana University. He has completed the forty-hour Domestic Relations Training as approved by the State Court Administrative Office and in compliance with Michigan court rules, as well as the eight-hour Domestic Violence Screening Training for Mediators. He is a retired Diplomate of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
He has served as pastor to four churches in Indiana and to two Kiowa Indian Churches in Oklahoma. In Indiana, he served as chaplain to two police jurisdictions: The Dunkirk Indiana Police Department and the Clay County Indiana Sheriff’s Department. He then worked fifteen years as a psychologist and pastoral counselor.
In recent years, he has consulted with several churches around conflict resolution. In the last fifteen years he has served as transitional pastor in churches from New York to Michigan. He has led training events in transitional ministry for multiple denominations and consulted with different religious faiths related to peaceful transition and training with church leadership groups.
He works with men’s issues and has been active with the ManKind Project, staffing more than forty-five New Warrior Training Adventures around the world. He has also worked with Path to Spirit-Warrior.
He has served as President of the Ministers Council of the American Baptist Churches of Michigan and President of the Chaplains and Pastoral Counselors Ministers Council of the American Baptist Churches-USA. During his tenure as President of the American Baptist Churches-MI Ministers Council, he served on the Spiritual and Personal Wholeness Committee of the National American Baptist Churches-USA Ministers Council.
He has authored and published ten books: The Greatest Stories Ever… Retold, The ID Book: Unmasking the Soul and Revealing Your True Mission in Life, The Magi, Along Came Evil, Greatest Stories Ever… Retold: Volume 2, He Sits Alone, Along Came Suffering, There Be Magic, and There Be Dragons. He has also been published in several journals: the Indiana Baptist Observer, Minister Magazine, and The International Journal of Self-Help and Self-Care.
He continues to work on writing projects. He enjoys photography (has had pieces accepted in juried group and solo exhibitions) and painting. He has earned a Black Belt in Judo. Ross is an Eagle Scout and a Vigil member of the Order of the Arrow.
He lives in Okemos, Michigan, with his wife of fifty-five-plus years. They have three children and three grandsons. His Goldendoodle Sirius Black, a registered therapy dog, keeps a watchful eye on all.
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