Many of my NH church family gathered together with one of my dearest friends to memorialize his dad today. I have seldom been to such a powerful and moving funeral.
Don Boardman, who I called “Dad Boardman,” was one of the finest Christian people I’ve ever met. Now, I didn’t know him as well as others, but I knew he was kind, loving, compassionate, and the kind of guy who’d give you the shirt off his back.
I know this partially because I have had many occasions to see and talk with him. But I also know it because I have gotten to know his son, Glen, over the last 20 years. Anyone as gracious and compassionate as Glen, who has such obvious love for his own family, had to have been raised in a place where that was modeled consistently.
I think the coolest part today was when the attendees of the service created the “Don Boardman Memorial Choir” to help Glen perform the song he had written in honor of his dad. Awesome moments, and a testimony to the character of the man we were there to remember and honor.
May God continue to bless the Boardman family in their grieving.
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