This is the genesis of a book – a book about a spiritual journey – mine. But hopefully, this is also a book that may help you in your spiritual journey.

I am the first-born son of a man from Oklahoma and a woman from Texas. Both came to California with their families during the Dust Bowl and endured the prejudice that entailed. I was raised in the farming community of Delano and moved to the state capital, Sacramento, when I was ten where I later completed high school and some…