I had lunch today with a friend, well I would like to call him a friend.  We’ve met because of his interest in The Salvation Army.  This is our second lunch in one year…so how could he be a friend you ask?  No it’s not “Facebook friendship”.  This is friendship in it’s early days, friendship discovered through mutual and interesting conversation.  It is friendship by dialogue around deep issues.

His comment to me as we left lunch…”Wow that was an intense 60 minutes”.  My response…”Isn’t that better than talking about the Oilers or the weather?”

We talked about leadership, values, family and agreed that Freedom 55 is one of the most foolish ideas ever sold to Canadians.  You may or may not agree to that last statement.