A day not forgotten

When we walked out onto the Massey Hall platform in June of 1983, I really had no idea what awaited us. Not only did we not know where we would be stationed, but I had no idea what running a corps would mean. And of course, I had not really thought about the fact that…

Fear rules, so let’s be peace makers

I’ve been watching, and I’ve come to the conclusion that fear-focused leaders aren’t the most dangerous, but they can certainly change the temperature of a room, and therefore, over time, the culture. So let’s just give you an example from our own church…. which I say hastily lives in almost every congregation. The fear that…

My days

When we retired, I wondered what my days would be filled with. I had books to read, gardening to do and some extra tasks that I wanted to do. I still do, and will, but over the past year, I’ve been able to discover a new field of endeavor and accomplish things that I did…