Discovering Lazarus is one man's attempt at finding redemption from his evil way of life. I started my descent into a dark abyss while in my teen years, and it continued until I was thirty-two years old and homeless. I lost everything-my home, my wife, my cars, trucks, and my businesses.
Self-destruction and exhaustion coupled with financial ruin, despair, and depression led me to a point where I found myself on my knees. I found myself in St. Francis Church in Metuchen, New Jersey, asking for forgiveness from God and praying for a second chance at redemption and a new life. I prayed, "God, I am sorry for abandoning you and living an evil life. Please forgive me and take control of my life and direct it for me. If you won't do this for me, O Lord, please take my life from me and let me die."
God was listening and heard my pleas for atonement, redemption, and a second chance. He helped me rise up from the ashes of spiritual death, so I could begin to help others in many different ways. I became a nationally-known addiction counselor who, in partnership with my wife, Marilyn, opened several extremely successful outpatient counseling centers in New Jersey. Over a twenty-five-year period, our counseling centers helped thousands of families experience recovery from destructive addictive illness.
However, it was only the beginning of God's planed journey for me. I also became an international criminal profiler who hunted some of the most evil serial killers in the world.

John Kelly is a thirty-year veteran of the Broward County Sheriff's Office, one of the largest sheriff's offices in the country, and worked in and supervised many diferent units. He has been involved in hundreds of critical incidents during his career and received countless awards and honors, mostly for placing himself in harm's way so others may live. John has a BA from Norwich University, an MBA from Phoenix University, and is currently pursuing his life-coaching accreditation from the International Coach Federation. In December of 2020, John retired and recently launched "Sometimes Heroes Need Help," a leadership wellness program. John lives on an island just south of Saint Augustine with his wife, Nicol, of twenty-seven years, his daughter, Briana, and Mr. Wallace, his bull mastiff.