It seems my little jaunt into English grammar, and especially the proper placement of prepositions, produced more response than almost anything I have written in Steeple Notes. I suppose that, in itself, is amazing. Several of you sent me Winston Churchill's famous quotation: "This is a situation with which I will not put up." 

But the best one came from a couple of my Wednesday morning Arbon Dennis buddies. It's the story of the little girl, already in bed, who berated her father when he came to read to her: "Why did you bring the book I didn't want to be read to out of up for?" 

But as much as you enjoyed the prepositions, the real grammar lesson was about three active verbs: 

GATHER, NURTURE AND EQUIP

That's the mission we exist for. (Oops!-the mission for which we exist.)

• To gat…