The Rev. Dr. Russell Jones Levenson, Jr.
Dr. Levenson has been an ordained Episcopal priest for nearly thirty years. He served his faith and his ministry in various roles at churches in Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Florida, he and his wife Laura lived in Houston, Texas, where he was the rector of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church for fifteen years. Dr. Levenson retired from the priesthood in May of 2024, but will continue to write. He is currently working on two books, including his first fiction novel.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
—John 1:1–5