You no doubt heard that J.I. Packer died on Friday, and since then many people have shared their memories and tributes. (See Saturday’s A La Carte for a few of them.) Sadly I never met Packer and never even heard him speak, though I was certainly blessed by a number of his books. But my friend Stephen McCaskell met him on one memorable occasion and I thought it would be fun to have him tell you about it. Here’s his story of serving as J.I. Packer’s mailman.
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In 2018, I spent Valentine’s Day with J. I. Packer to record what would be his last significant public interview. This Friday, only five days away from turning 94, he went home to be with his Lord. Within hours, there were many moving tributes to the author of the classic Knowing God, and his impact will continue to ripple across the Christian world for decades to come. That day, his kindness, humility, and light-hearted nature made me feel at ease in the presence of a theological giant.
Our meeting had its roots in November 2017, when I was in Grand Rapids, Michigan, solidifying a future project, a collaboration between a
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