“I do not need an introduction to learning course! I have been learning all my life and doing just fine!”, I thought as I hung up the phone from speaking with the admissions counselor/academic advisor. The school would not allow me to drop the course, however, because “it is an important course that everyone has to take”. I was angry, but it turned out to be the most impactful and important course I had taken my whole life. I was 28 years old at the time and had just started as a Highlands College and Point University student. This course is where I met Pastor Keith Lindsey. Pastor Lindsey’s wisdom, excellent teaching skills, and transparency made him the best teacher for this introduction to learning course. It turned out to be more of an introduction to life course for me…an introduction and permission to walk in freedom, to be myself and walk in the gifts and talents that God had uniquely equipped me with. In this course through Pastor Keith’s seasoned guidance we confronted childhood demons, faced our hang ups, and embraced the new life Christ was beckoning each one of us to embrace. He shared and poured his very life, heart, and soul into teaching us by sharing his successes and failures as a man of God, a husband, a father and a human being. He by passed gender and race, and saw into our very hearts and souls. He somehow connected with each one of us individually, causing us to let our guards down so that the Holy Spirit could do a much needed work in our hearts. He took us on a learning journey of a lifetime. I am so thankful that I had the honor of taking this course/journey with Pastor Keith as the teacher/guide.

I love you Pastor Keith and will miss you, along with thousands of others…until we meet again.