The Howling Wind One Man's Path to Spiritual Healing / John and Margaret Luckie

This is a story about courage, love and hope after a spouse is diagnosed with an incurable blood disorder. 

"The wind howls, the beach is deserted, waves crash down upon each other, foaming as they come to rest upon the sand. The strength and power in those thundering waves reminds me of the majesty of God. The deserted beach is like the soul of men who do not know him. The howling wind is like his cry through his son Jesus to manking - "Come to me". How thankful I am that he is in my life, restoring me, making me strong, firm and steadfast."

When John Luckie was diagnosed as suffering from an incurable blood disorder he was devastated.  His whole life looked as if it would quickly fall apart.  Through his Christian faith however, John began to accept his illness and to fight against it with renewed strength.  Through focusing on God's eternal revelation, rather than on the weekly revelations of the X-ray machines or Cat scanners, he learnt that God is bigger than any problems, and that his love conquers even sickness and death.

In this book John and Margaret Luckie tell their story. A story of courage, love and the  power that true faith and Christian communion have to co with anything.  The reader is allowed to become part of their life, to feel what they felt, hear what they said; to go with them on their journey.  It is also a story of healing - though not ultimately of physical healing.  Others will find in this story the courage to face the problems in their own lives with faith and fortitude.

John Luckie was born in New Zealand, After school he became a journalist, and after working on a succession of Australian newspapers, he became sub-editor on the Sydney Morning Herald.  In 1971 he left Journalism to become Public Relations Manager for the NRMA (Australia's leading motorists' organisation).  In this capacity he became the Manager of the highly successful magazine 'The Open Road'.  He died at hoe on 7 July 1998.

Prior to her marriage margaret Luckie pursued a secretarial caree, a position she gave up on the birth of her four children.  Since John's death she has maintained an interest in the healing ministry at St Andrew's Cathedral - an interest which she had reviously shared with John.  In addition to local parish work, she also seves on a women's interdenominational committee.