Father Roy came to the ordained priesthood in the Diocese of Huron after thirty years in the business world marketing insurance. He holds a Master of Theology degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and a certificate from the Interim Ministry Network.

The Rev. Roy Shepherd was brought up and educated in Montreal, Qu bec, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Sociology from McGill University.

He was baptized and confirmed in the Anglican church, and held many volunteer lay positions in the parishes where he worshipped and in the Diocese of Toronto, including election to the Diocesan Synod for a number of years and chairmanship of its Board of Parish Services.

As a lay delegate to the national body of the church for several triennial sessions, he served on the National Executive and Program Committees and on the Primate's World Relief and Development Committee. He represented the Anglican Church on PLURA (the inter-denominational Social Justice Foundation.)

Since his retirement as a full-time parish priest, he has used his years of lay and ordained experience to assist parishes in the process of change.

This book is the distillation of a rich and varied life in God's service....