Brad is originally from near Peoria, Illinois. He moved to Nashville in 1989 for the music business and became a facilities manager, a novelist and a perpetual student (MA in Clinical Psych, ThD candidate Biblical Theology). He and his wife Judy live in Hermitage. Their 5 children and 13 grandchildren are scattered throughout Middle Tennessee, Illinois and Colorado. Brad has been on staff at HUMC since 2005.