Graham enjoys classical music as a relaxation.  Rachel, a chartered accountant, plays the piano and the violin - and manages to teach music for one afternoon a week.  Becki plays the cello and has just passed her Grade 5 exams.  Oliver plays the piano and the trumpet and has just won a music scholarship at the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, while Matthew has yet to make his mark musically.

I asked Graham what his impressions of Crosslinks were before he arrived - and he told me, very diplomatically, that we were a bit low profile.  His mission interests have been focussed on two people that he and Rachel know well.  One of Rachel's cousins teaches theology in Northern Nigeria and one of their friends is working with a mission agency in central Asia.

As to the future, Graham said he hoped he could use the skills he had gained in the business world to assist Crosslinks with the change process it was currently undergoing.  "I hope we will get a clearer strategy for Crosslinks itself," he said.  "I think we will have to unpack what it means to take God's Word to God's World in the twenty first century.  Of course, I'd like to see the work expand, but we've got to pray long and hard about the sort of work Crosslinks should be doing.  We can't do a bit of everything."

Back at home, the family worship at St John's Busbridge where Graham leads a post-Alpha group

Crosslinks magazine August 2002 index