A friend and classmate
Of decades connections
And of mutual interests
In the same life choices
Common concerns lived out
In settings different in
Appreciation for how responses
To challenges of work have
Been accepted, accommodated
Overcome and persisted in
Offering new pathways for
Reinventing the wheel of ministry
Doing differently and with passion
U dimmed by age and in a scale
Of outreach global of service
Shared satisfaction and hopes
Being realistic about the limits
Agency of an ethereal kind
Takes over despite eagerness to
Vanguard directions and strategy
Meeting up officially and personally
Sharing the process that lets one
Know of the plans and programs
That keep each busy
Taking time out to share concerns
Being on a trip a combination
Of work and relaxation
Revisiting history
Understanding the present
Offering an option to reinvent
Playing with ideas and concepts
That move the young along a path
Being agents of transformation
A mighty call and a thrilling
Journey to see how others did
Continue to do and what it offers
To link the dots