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D. A. Carson's father was a pioneering church-planter and pastor in Quebec. But still, an ordinary pastor-except that he ministered during the decades that brought French Canada from the brutal challenges of persecution and imprisonment for Baptist ministers to spectacular growth and revival in the 1970s. It is a story, and an era, that few in the English-speaking world know anything about. But through Tom Carson's journals and written prayers, and the narrative and historical background supplied by his son, readers will be given a firsthand account of not only this trying time in North American church history, but of one pastor's life and times, dreams and disappointments. With words that will ring true for every person who has devoted themselves to the Lord's work, this unique book serves to remind readers that though the sacrifices of serving God are great, the sweetness of living a faithful, obedient life is greater still.
During a pastoral life in five different churches that spanned almost half a century, there were a number of things that helped me communicate the love of God and His influence on my life. One of my favorite ways was to tell stories in the Church's weekly bulletin which was known in each of the locations as "the Pastor's Pen." Because my family and former congregants were consistent in their opinion of which stories were to be selected for this book, we determined to use stories that reflected my childhood, which greatly affected my later life. Many of the stories are not completely true, but reflect a time and value that were very important to me. I hoped to instill a sense of family, values and spiritual guidance that might be a positive influence on my readers. The location of the stories is in the mountains of Southern Ontario, Canada. The people of that region and era may be considered naive and simple; but that might have been true of country people anywhere, including the hills of Palestine in the first century.