Tim Sledge is a humanist writer and speaker whose mission is discovering and sharing insights for personal growth. You can read his latest articles and stay in touch via his website, MovingTruths.com. Sledge is a former Southern Baptist pastor and author. After devoting his career as an evangelical preacher to leading and growing ministries in Illinois, Tennessee, New Jersey, and Arizona, he moved to a suburb of Houston, Texas, where, as senior pastor, he led his church to experience dramatic growth and wrote two books that launched a ground-breaking support group ministry. Making Peace with Your Past and Moving Beyond Your Past have now been in print for more than 20 years, and have been used as interactive guides for 20,000 support groups across the U.S.