Reverend Ronald Cole is an ordained minister, author, and spiritual care counselor whose life journey reflects the transformative power of paying attention to God's calling. With a 40-year professional career spanning sales and public service at the Social Security Administration, combined with academic credentials including a BA in Marketing, MBA in Business, and MA in Community Leadership, Rev. Cole brings both practical wisdom and scholarly depth to his ministry.

IIn 2009, he answered the call first received decades earlier while serving in Vietnam, graduating from in 2013 seminary and becoming ordained. This pivotal decision honored a promise made long before: not to become a traditional preacher, but to share God's word through authentic witness and spiritual guidance.

Today, as a spiritual care counselor for a hospice company, Rev. Cole walks alongside souls and families during life's most sacred transition. This role, which he describes as the most rewarding experience of his life beyond raising his five children, allows him to live out his calling daily through compassionate presence and spiritual support.

Rev. Cole is the author of Paying Attention: A Spiritual Journey and Getting Out of God's Way, books born from a lifetime of recognizing the sacred in everyday moments. A father of five, grandfather of six, and great-grandfather of two, he writes to illuminate how spiritual attentiveness shapes faith, leadership, and the art of living fully present to God's movement in our lives. His work invites readers to discover the spiritual map that has been there all along, waiting for us to pay attention.

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