The Turning-Point

Over breakfast, a minister told me of the turning-point in his crisis-hit congregation, which at one point dwindled to less than 20 people, but was now booming as before. He spoke of premises and policy and so on. I said: "No, what was the real turning-point?" He said: "I travelled all the way to the Eastern Cape to conduct the funeral of a member. It changed the way that people looked at me." (And it was all expenses paid).