Repair and Remain

Winnipeg writer, builder, and part-time community-development pastor Kurt Armstrong reflects on a hybrid life spent half in a one-man home-repair business and half in lay Anglican ministry. His motto in both worlds: repair and remain. Cutting and running — from an old house, a marriage, a career, a church — is almost always easier than staying put and doing the slow, undignified work of fixing what's actually in front of you. The essay is a quiet apologetic for permanence in a culture optimised for fresh starts.