David GiraMichael David Gira, Jr. graduated from Duke University's Divinity School in 2005, where he received his Master of Divinity with honors. He is an ordained elder of the United Methodist Church and member of the North Carolina Annual Conference. He has ighteen years of pastoral and church leadership experience. He is a lung cancer survivor. In 2017, doctors diagnosed him with lung cancer stage 4. He is a frequent blogger and now a published author. He and his wife Amy have been married for twenty-two years and have three children. They currently reside in Raleigh, North Carolina. Read More Read Less