A request, and forgive me for forgetting.
Five days ago was the two-year anniversay of the death of one of the dearest and most important friends of my life, John Muggeridge.
Those who know me well, will know what I mean when I say that John did the miraculous task of giving me back three missing years of my life. Living in his house for nearly three years was like fixing a clay pot that had been thrown off kilter and re-centering it. That's what sanctity does.
Those who knew John, or even met him only once, will understand. We have never known anyone like him and we still miss him terribly.
Those religiously inclined, would you kindly remember to say a prayer for the repose of his soul?
Requiescat in pace.
Farewell John Muggeridge - Dear Friend to Many, Constant Defender of Life, Faith, Truth
John Muggeridge remembered
as a man of ‘national significance’
The words of John Muggeridge
John Muggeridge
JOHN MUGGERIDGE, TEACHER AND WRITER: 1933-2005
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I trust this is still a live blog. In 1973 John taught at Niagara College and brought his famous father in to lecture at my journalism school. It was a brilliant day that still lingers in my mind and heart. John was focusing on teaching we 18-year-old blobs all about Economic History. John was an amazing teacher and his father said something that lingers in my mind and in my studies forever: "Any economist who derives a formula to the 5th decimal place is either a fool or a clown" and I remembered the inexact nature of economics through journalism, 2 business degrees and throughout my business life. Without either John nor his father I would be less - and I am shocked that in 3 years no one has commented on John's passing.
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