A New Song: Poems of Life and Faith

B. J. Carter is a native of Northeast Alabama. He graduated from Oxford High School in 1955, received his B. A. degree from Birmingham-Southern College and his M. Div. from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He continued in graduate studies at Emory and later did continuing education at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities in England. Rev. Carter has been a United Methodist pastor for over 50 years. He and his wife, Marie, have 3 daughters, 4 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild. Rev. Carter recently toured and sang with an international choir at both Central Hall and Saint Paul's Cathedral in London. Currently, he is writing, teaching, and developing his next book.