He’s been described by an admiring New Yorker as “God’s go-to man on Wall Street”, an energetic Australian churchman ministering to the fallen financial gurus once considered masters of the universe.
That, the Reverend John Mason says modestly, is an exaggeration. His Wall Street ministry attracts more middle-managers than corporate masters, and its reach extends to the arts, legal, media and other professions.
But, yes, it is being increasingly sought out by people who have lost well-paid jobs and, with them, financial security, status and self-esteem.
“Over and over again, I’m hearing phrases like ‘I feel such a loser’ or ‘I feel a nobody’; that’s especially true among guys who’ve lost their jobs,” said MrMason, Anglican rector of StClement’s, Mosman, for 16 years before he accepted an invitation from the Redeemer Church in New York to set up new ministries in lower Manhattan.
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The Aussie saving lost souls on Wall Street
He’s been described by an admiring New Yorker as “God’s go-to man on Wall Street”, an energetic Australian churchman ministering to the fallen financial gurus once considered masters of the universe.
That, the Reverend John Mason says modestly, is an exaggeration. His Wall Street ministry attracts more middle-managers than corporate masters, and its reach extends to the arts, legal, media and other professions.
But, yes, it is being increasingly sought out by people who have lost well-paid jobs and, with them, financial security, status and self-esteem.
“Over and over again, I’m hearing phrases like ‘I feel such a loser’ or ‘I feel a nobody’; that’s especially true among guys who’ve lost their jobs,” said MrMason, Anglican rector of StClement’s, Mosman, for 16 years before he accepted an invitation from the Redeemer Church in New York to set up new ministries in lower Manhattan.
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