Tony was born in Dallas, Texas and was raised in a Southern Baptist home. His father was a pastor throughout his lifetime. He became the prodigal son at an early age, having engaged in socially dysfunctional behavior patterns such as drug use, jail time due to crime, lifestyle exposure to vices related to the rock music industry as a musician, sexual addiction, etc…
For years as a believer, he led a double life of ministry in the church while secretly struggling with addictions he couldn’t control. The ensuing damage of those lifestyle choices led to multiple marriage failures and difficulty trusting relationships. Possessing a type “A” driven personality, he succeeds at most endeavors, including business ownerships. However, Tony had a deep seated anger that was destroying himself from the inside. In a quest to find healing, through counseling and research of the scripture, God led him to the one thing that is able to change the course of his life: an understanding of who God is as a father.