In those days Glandion was a model of strength and courage. He remains strong and courageous today, but in a very different way. You see, Glandion has Parkinson’s disease. Nowadays he struggles even to button his shirt or to stand without falling. In unsparing detail he shares the story with us in The Way of Grace. At one point he writes, “No matter how old you are or how many degrees you have or don’t have—when grace takes you to school, you start in kindergarten.”