He was ordained in November of 1974 at the Church-Of-God-in-Christ in Philadelphia, PA, where he had been serving part time while in Seminary. He served as assistant pastor there for several years. He then served in many different areas of Ministry over the next several years, one of which was a foreign student ministry, which is where he met his dear wife, Berenice from Venezeula.   They were married in 1980 in St. Petersburg, FL, where they took care of a retirement home, where James was also the Chaplain.  In 1989, they went to Veneuezula for an extended stay, where, along with teaching English to business people, James completed "Impossible Journey," a time travel novelette (as yet unpublished).  Upon returning, he also completed the Biblical novel, "OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM," which he had started before they left, and of which the short story, "Begarman-Thief" was a part.

In 1997, he wrote and produced a review called, "Broadway Dreams, a Review with a Message," designed to reach the lost, which was performed at the North Miami Beach Performing Arts Theater. 

In 2003, he revised the Biblical novel, "OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM,"  and it was published by PublishAmerica on Sept.7 of that year.  He then revised "IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY," which was published in January of 2005