When I heard of the dastardly shooting of good Pastor Remington Sunday afternoon, I immediately thought of the day that I met him -- 6 years ago at the Ironwood Starbucks (which has now moved into the Schlotsky's building in Ironwood Square. Dennis Mansfield introduced us. Today, Dennis posted the following blog post about that meeting in May 2010:

In May of this year, I introduced two very solid friends of mine to each other. They knew OF each other, but had never actually met. They're both from CdA, Idaho and are both in the people/fact/opinion business: Tim Remington is in ministry and Dave Oliveria is in newspapering (Spokesman Review). At a Starbucks that morning I said, "Tim meet Dave - and Dave meet Tim." Tim's the Senior Pastor at The Altar Church and Dave is the Editor of Huckleberries - the most read Blog in Idaho. Tim shepherds a church of several hundred people - many of who are ex-addicts and ex-inmates. He has an ex-addict program that touches thousands. He's been my mentor for the years of my working with people coming out of addiction, jail and prison. He is a prolific writer, though he does not have a Blog. Dave, on the other hand is THE Blogger...award winning & trend-setting with an audience of over 12,000 plus each day who go to Huckleberries for their daily "read" of events in the pacific northwest. More here.

DFO: I can think of few men who live their faith as much as Pastor Tim Remington. I'm among the thousands in Coeur d'Alene today praying that he continues his recuperation and gets back in the pulpit. Also, I pray that the police will capture Pastor Tim's assailant alive and that God will be exalted through the attempted murder.

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