Neil had a powerful intimate encounter with God on February 22, 1974. Since then he has been on a lifelong journey seeking to be continually closer to God. He has been writing, Psalmic, worshipful poetry and song lyrics since St. Patrick's Day 1980.Neil has been a part of various Holy Spirit filled churches since the late 1970's, almost all in San Diego County. During the past fifteen years he has been very active in the regional worship community, including frequent start to finish extended worship times in San Diego, CA.Neil has been blessed walking together with many other God Chasers and mystic contemplatives. He started writing a series of devotional, Psalmic, worshipful books in 2015.

They consist of prayers to God and expressions of God's heart of love to us. His now six published books are:Beholding Trinity Through Relationship, Beholding God In The Psalms, Beholding Jesus As Alpha And Omega, Beholding Jesus Is The Song Of Songs, Beholding The Infinite God, and Beholding The Unveiling Of Jesus Christ Volume One.