“Called! A Longshot’s Story” by Rev. Dr. Gordon Douglas Postill, D.Min., (STH’92)
This delayed coming-of-age story intimately recounts Gordon Postill’s life from 1970-1980, a decade that pivotally shapes how the rest of his life will unfold. Initially a story of failure, self-loathing, addiction, and deceit, it’s ultimately a story of grace, faith, hope, and transformation. Much of the book involves his 3-year seminary experience (call to ministry, academics, a summer mission field internship in Saskatchewan, Clinical Pastoral Education, a student internship at an inner-city Toronto church, and ordination). Gordon graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Emmanuel College, Toronto in May 1980 and later that month was ordained by the Toronto Conference of the United Church of Canada. He later graduated with a Doctor of Ministry degree from Boston University in January 1992. Gordon served congregations in Nova Scotia and Ontario before spending the last twenty-four years of his ministry providing spiritual care to hospice patients and their families in Florida and Massachusetts. He retired in November 2015 to care for his beloved wife, Robin, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Please visit www.gordonpostill.com to learn more and to buy the book.
