Rev. Richard L. Spooner, PhD.

Fort Pierce, Florida Area United States

CEO, Crossmend Ministries

Religion / Spirituality

My heart is in restoring people to a strong relationship with the Lord after major Crises. Three years, after open heart surgery to replace a weak heart valve at 34 years old, I had a massive stroke which destroyed 1/3rd of the right side of my brain. Additionally, it was discovered that my brain was swelling and surgery was not possible due to my heart valve, thus, a much less effective method for reducing the swelling was resorted to. When asked if anything could be done, All the doctor could tell my parents was "pray". I was 37 years of age at the time, and a newlywed. Soon thereafter, I found myself needing to relearn part of the alphabet, and how to walk. I came to believe that all...