RODERICK BATSON SR

Roderick S. Batson Sr. was born on January 21, 1957, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Raised in a military family, he traveled extensively throughout his childhood, including formative years in Bad Kreuznach, Germany. After serving honorably in the U.S. Army for three years, he built a 32-year career as a Biomedical Technician. His lifelong love of travel has taken him across Western Europe, West Africa, Thailand, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

An avid reader for over four decades, Roderick has studied major religious texts including the Bible, Quran, Tanakh, Guru Granth Sahib, and Buddhist Pali Canon. Through decades of personal research, he identified six universal "Divine" traits shared across faith traditions-qualities he believes are inherent in every human being.