10/29/2025
Tim Ezell
I’d like to introduce you to a fellow named Tim Ezell.
Tim works in television journalism, feature reporter at Fox-2 in St. Louis.
Tim is originally from Fort Worth, Texas, he’s an alumni of Louisiana State University. Got a Master of Divinity from Covenant Seminary in 2017. He’s been married over 20 years, thinks of his wife, Kim, as his best friend. He loves his three children – Halle, Lexi and Andrew – loves them even more when they take after their momma, more than daddy…
TV news, it’s a curious career, walk into a store, and strangers know who you are, which is quite the novelty for most people. On the start-up end, the career doesn’t pay much. Tim’s first job was in Panama City, where he was “paid in sunshine.”
He put in his time, got some experience in a TV market that rated #158 nationally, and then here comes opportunity, in 1998, a chance to move to St. Louis, where the TV market was in the . Hello big city, hello bigger market.
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Over the years Tim has worn different hats. He did some big city auditions, New York City, CNN… but finding your career fit is a lot like trying on shoes, you know it when you know it. One day Tim told his wife, “This (Fox-2) is where I’m supposed to be.”
Tim was steady stepping along, and then came 2020, and Covid had his number.
Down, down, then slowly up, up.
And then came 2021, and some curious, worrisome symptoms, Tim’s balance was off, his movements were artificially slow, along with a fatigue Tim describes as “deep.”
In 2021 a neurologist diagnosed Tim with Parkinson’s Disease.
He could still do his job. Seemed wise to play it by ear, as to if or when or how to go public with the diagnosis.
In August of 2023, the time seemed ripe, and Tim told the viewers.
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But was it Parkinson’s Disease?
More tests, more waiting, more tests, more waiting…
The diagnosis changes, from Parkinson’s to a Parkinson-plus syndrome called MSA – Multiple System Atrophy, MSA. This one has more bite.
However many people have Parkinson’s at any given time, only 1 in 40 will have MSA.
Here come some medical terms: MSA causes autonomic failure, dysfunction in neurologic systems, which translates into affecting body processes like regulating blood pressure, urination, sweating and bowel function. That’s on top of Parkinsonism symptoms like stiffness, tremors, problems with walking and balance.
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He kept doing his job, and kept doing his job, figuring out how to adapt to his symptoms, and then came a crisis, “I had an incident,” he was on location, when, “I almost blacked out on air.”
And then, “I had to drive back to the station, and on the way back, my muscles contracted… I was white knuckling all the way back to the station.”
Now Tim is presently on leave. “Perhaps this is the end of this chapter of my life,” he says.
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“What’s it like?” I ask him.
Tim replies, “I’ve always thrived in structure, but creating structure isn’t my strong point. I’m having to figure that out.”
It’s not just a physical thing, it’s also spiritual, a daily battle of “…making sure I don’t give the evil one a foothold.”
“Doctors ask me, “Are you depressed,” and I tell them, “I’m really not… God has blessed me with so much.”
How’s his family handling things? “They’ve been real troopers.” Guess the apple don’t fall far from the tree…
When asked about if or how this has affected his relationship with God, Tim says what seems reasonable, “Yes, I have some why-me thoughts… but I also have some why-not-me thoughts.”
“I have a certainty, that God will use this for good. I also think God is still in the business of healing folks.”
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Consider this a get-to-know-Tim introduction. There’ll be more, later.
All of us can do regular life, where we feel halfway in control, but it’s in the squeeze, of situations ‘n discombobulations, that’s when we meet the truth.
A good man shows his good stuff, but a good man made good-er by the Holy Spirit, will bear rare and sacred fruit.
If ever a story deserved to end in a prayer, how ‘bout this one?
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Our Father,
Who is also
Tim’s and Kim’s heavenly Father,
Halle, Lexi, and Andrew's
heavenly Father,
the heavenly Father
of the whole family tree!
We come together
with this assumption:
that You know all the facts;
that You love Tim and care for Tim
more than anyone…
We know that You answer
to Your own standard,
and that You are always doing
the righty-est right thing.
Dare we ask for healing?
Of course.
And we do.
And we will,
and we will,
and we will…
However this all goes,
we stand on this foundation,
that You are always right.
We trust You to be loving,
kind ‘n gentle,
because that’s Who You are.
While doctors prescribe medicine
we ask You to dose Tim up
with the Holy Spirit,
more, more, more, thick, thick, thick,
give Tim a strength
beyond his strength,
a peace beyond his peace,
love and gentleness,
grace ‘n goodness,
not just full, but overflowing.
We hope You use Tim
to preach his own sermon,
some in the saying,
but more in the eye-witnessing
of his family and friends…
You are almighty God.
You cannot be anything less
than what You are.
We leave it to You, to be You,
with Tim and his family…
Because of the Son,
because of the cross,
because of that wonderful empty tomb,
boom-boom-boom
we know where we all end up at,
where it’s all wows ‘n wonders,
and tears no more…
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This concludes this edition of Uncle P’s Morning Musings.
