Gordon Wise was born the son of an agriculturalist in tropical North Queensland. His father went on to become Premier of Western Australia, but Gordon's life path proved to have its own adventures, including service in World War II as an RAAF pilot in Coastal Command over European waters.
Through what some might see as an accidental encounter, he had discovered a faith in God at the age of 17. This led to him committing his life to working towards moral and spiritual re-armament for the world: a commitment to find God's plan for all our lives.
A Great Aim in Life is the story of travels through five continents, meeting union leaders, employers, Prime Ministers, Presidents, journalists and religious leaders, often bringing together people who would otherwise have never have met — whether in Liverpool, London, New York, Calcutta or Manila. It tells of a stay with a Buddhist Abbot in his Thai monastery, and later introducing him to the Pope; of flying in the Berlin Air Lift, and over the jungles of Vietnam and Laos; of two personal interviews with Churchill; and of hosting a Chief Rabbi and a Roman Catholic Cardinal. It is a story of enduring friendships and personal challenges, of learning about leadership, responsibility and humility.
Gordon Wise, born in 1923, passed away in 2020. The adventures and personal discoveries Gordon recounts in this book culminate not only in attempting to pass on his faith and conviction to share the what he learned in the course of his life's work, but also his rediscovery of life itself.
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