Thompson, George E.: - George E. Thompson, a graduate of Pfeiffer University and Duke Divinity School, served as a United Methodist pastor for over four decades in rural, small-town, campus communities, and urban centers of western North Carolina. He was a contributing editor for Pulpit Digest, a trustee chair of Pfeiffer University, and superintendent of the Charlotte District. Currently he lives in Waynesville, near Lake Junaluska, and is active as a writer, teacher, speaker, community volunteer, husband, and grandfather.