In December of 1988, I married my sweetheart Kelly, and two weeks later we moved into a community to serve and live alongside people struggling with chronic addictions and lifelong homelessness. Each day, I spent time with the guys, studying Scripture together, eating, telling stories, and simply sitting out on the porch with them. In the mystery of God’s grace, I learned…
The Rev Dr. Les Martin is an East Tennessee native, ordained here in the 1990s. He has recentlyreturned with his wife Kate from Nigeria, where he was a full-time missionary and professor for 9 years. He is a priest of the Anglican Diocese of Pankshin, Nigeria, where he serves in the role of Canon Theologian and as an Archdeacon. A graduate of…