Edward Thal lived in South Africa and England before settling in America, where he is a naturalized citizen. He serves in a ministry support role at Bluegrass Baptist Church in Georgetown, KY; has served churches in South Carolina and Virginia, and as assistant to a missionary church planter in London, England. A varied life of business activity and spiritual service has taken him to 44 countries. He came to know well cities as diverse as Johannesburg, London, Paris, New York and Washington, DC, and echoes Ecclesiastes in saying, "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." It is only when spiritual life is centered in the transcendent Jesus Christ that all of life begins to make sense.