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Chris Eads's avatar

This is a very powerful article, David. So grateful you shared this. Your dad was a *giant* to so many of us as we learned our way into ministry as young people during those same years you write about here. I recall how profoundly interested he seemed in us young men/women preparing for or just entering into ministry, and the time he invested in us was life changing. He invited me to one of his retreat hermitages once when I was in my early 20's--one of the most meaningful and impactful experiences in my early ministry calling. While this article reveals his own doubt about his impact during those years, his life will reverberate for perhaps centuries in the downstream effect of those he touched, who then go on to touch others, who will touch others... A great lesson for all of us for the impact we bear in ministry and likely have no idea.

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Steve Moore's avatar

Thank you, David, for this authentic peak behind the curtain of your dad’s life. He told me about this private memoir in one of last meetings and I’ve often wondered about that season of his life.

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