This episode of Strung Out centers on our spiritual wellbeing during the pandemic.\xa0 To help us we welcome Drew Jacques.\xa0 Drew is a Presbyterian Minister, as well as\xa0 spending years counseling in mental health as well as child services in the province of Ontario, Canada.\xa0 Drew became pastor of St. David's of Campbellsville, Ontario, right before the outbreak of the pandemic.\xa0 Pastor Drew uses all of his previous life experiences in healthcare as well as the ministry to help us discover what meaning and purpose there is to the pandemic, as well as offering advice on finding inner peace and dialogue with the Universe. \xa0 Pastor Drew will be a regular contributor to Strung Out. \xa0 His personal story is below as well as in the transcript of the show.
\xa0Drew Jacques: A personal Reflection I have every reason to believe that where I am today was planned before I was born in September 1958. (Yes, I\u2019m a Libra!) Within several weeks of my birth I was baptized by Rev. C.K. Nicol. What is important to know about him is he was the Chaplain for the 48th Highlanders and hit Juno Beach on D. Day. I was baptized by a Warrior. I always went to church. But then, those where the days when churchgoing was pretty much expected of everybody. Mine was the first generation to really walk away. That is not a condemnation, simply the truth. I remained, for the most part in. By the age of 2 I knew how to work a record player and had \u201cThe Kingston Trio - Close up\u201d, \u201cCamelot\u201d and \u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d albums completely memorized. Some foundational theology in these. At the age of four I participated in a Fashion show a ladies group put on in the church. I was modelling shorts. I don\u2019t know if I was traumatized by it, but to this day I don\u2019t wear shorts. The story goes I walked down the catwalk and back. When I get back to the change room I said of the experience; \u201cI didn\u2019t know what to say\u201d. I hadn\u2019t quite pieced together the path to being a preacher, but I suspect there was some inkling of the direction I was headed. Around about the same time I heard the Mother Superior sing \u201cClimb Every Mountain\u201d in the sound of music. It has stuck with me. Roughly then my dad bought me a crystal radio. It began a life long love of radio. Through the radio the music the songs of the sixties and early seventies became foundational to my theology. If you look closely at the Billboard Top 1
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