Charley Reeb is currently the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Lakeland, Florida. He has previously served churches in Orlando, Lakeland and Plant City, Florida, Atlanta and Athens, Georgia, and has also served as a chaplain and devotional speaker for the Georgia Senate. Reeb's work has appeared in Ministry Matters, Leading Ideas, Preaching and Circuit Rider magazines. Reeb also has been of the guest ministers on the Hallmark Channel's Day 1 Diner, a part of Naomi's New Morning. Reeb is a graduate of Florida Southern College. Candler School of Theology at Emory University and has received his D. Min. from Columbia Theological Seminary. Charles and his wife Brandy are the parents of one son.