Don Taylor, fisher of men

On Christmas Day, 2010, my uncle Don Taylor (above) went home to be with the Lord. Don, a native of Anacortes, Washington, loved the outdoors, including the waters of the Pacific Northwest. After becoming a Christian in his early twenties, Don attended the seminary and was ordained as a Lutheran pastor. A career in ministry included service as skipper of the MV Christian, a ship focused on men's ministry. I took this photo during a trip up the Pacific Coast of British Columbia in 1978. In a conversation earlier this year I asked Uncle Don his favorite Bible verse. There was no single verse, but among those he mentioned was Romans 5:20:
"The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just  as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Donald Taylor, born on July 2, 1925, was preceded in death by his bride of 64 years, Helene Berentson Taylor, who died on December 8, 2010.