At 20, his life was transformed when he encountered Dawson Trotman. At 28, he lost everything he owned when his ship was bombed at Pearl Harbor. At 43, he left the Navy to serve alongside the greatest man he ever knew, Lorne Sanny. At 94, Jim Downing marks the 75th anniversary of The Navigators by sharing his stories.
Jim's decades of partnership with Dawson Trotman and Lorne Sanny give him a perspective like no one else in The Navigators. In Living Legacy, Jim reveals personal reflections, leadership lessons, and humorous anecdotes of two men whose lives have influenced millions.
CONTENTS:- Meeting the TrotmansThe First Nav Home
- Creator, Inventor, Counselor
- Building Generations
- Expanding Generations
- Exhorter and Perfectionist
- Matchmaker
- A Yielded Life
- Heavenbound at 50
- Meeting Lorne Sanny
- Joining Lorne's Team
- Trials of a New President
- The Glen Eyrie Community
- Lorne's Headquarters Support
- The Ministry Lorne Inherited
- A New Promise for The Navigators
- Birthing a New Strategy
- Qualities of a Successful Leader
- The Personal Side of Lorne
- Retirement and Beyond
