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“A journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step” – Chinese philosopher Lao Zing.

I remember the occasion well. Lynn was having some trouble getting ministers to participate in writing articles for the Courier. Some of us are not writers. Some of us don’t have the time to prepare an article. Some of us felt we should boycott the paper because we held no other power over its content. Lynn cared deeply what people thought of him, but he was true to his own conscience when it came to the content of the Courier.

Personally, I saw only the upside to having our thoughts featured in a weekly column and...