title: Journeys with Wolves and Lambs: Living with Surprises, Tension, Conflict and Purpose
author: Barry A Wade
description: Barry A. Wade is an environmental scientist with over 45 years experience in teaching, research, management, and consulting. He is a major shareholder of Environmental Solutions Ltd., a firm that offers its services in everything environmental throughout the Caribbean. He is also a Distinguished Fellow of the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology where he gives occasional lectures and seminars on the environment and theology. He is a founding Deacon of Mona Baptist Church, established in 1979, and recently retired as Director of its HELP Ministry (Healing and Empowerment with Love and Prayer). His first book, Ministry at the Margins, chronicles the development and impact of that ministry among marginalized men and women in some of Kingstons poorest communities. His second book, Journeys with Wolves and Lambs, relates his perspectives on life as he has experienced it in his journeys in faith, science, the environment, business, social advocacy, African travels, and family. Dr. Wade has received many national honors and awards for his work in science and Christian ministry. His most prized honors are: The national honor of Officer of the Order of Distinction (OD)  1978; The Silver Musgrave Medal of the Institute of Jamaica -1979; The Distinguished Fellow Conferment of the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology  2009; and The Lifetime Achievement Award of the Jamaica Institute of Environmental Professionals  2010. Dr. Wade has been married to his wife, Merle, for 47 years and they have two children and three grandchildren. They make their home in Kingston but have enjoyed visiting Ghana and South Africa on several occasions to spend time with their daughter and her family.
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  Galloway by Louis L'Amour
  
  Chapter I
  
  The old elk walked up the knoll where the long wind blew. The wolves followed.
  
  The elk realized what was happening, but he didn't know it was only a part of
  something that had been going on since life began.
  
  He didn't know that it was because of these wolves or their kindred that he
  had been strong, brave, and free-running all his past years. For it was the
  wolves who kept the elk herds in shape by weeding out the weak, the old, and
  the inept.
  
  Now his time had come, and the wolves were there. He no longer had the speed
  to outrun them nor the get-about to outfight them, and there were four wolves
  working as a team, not one of them weighing less than a hundred pounds and two
  of them nearly twice that.
  
  All he had going for him was his wisdom, and so far he was making a fair
  country try in getting himself to a place where he could make a stand. You
  could see, pla