UP CLOSE AND CANDID with Ken Guenter INTERVIEW BY: KARA HARMS And did you spend most of your growing up years there? Yes. Grades 1-8, except for furloughs when my parents came home. And then in grade nine, I came to Caronport High School. Have you been at Briercrest since then? Almost, but not entirely. I did high school and Bible school—so seven years—and then went to the U of S and did a BA and a year of education. Henry Budd offered me a job; I never applied. It was really cool because when I was a kid in high school, I chose a verse for my life from Psalm 37, “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” I never ever even thought of coming to teach here, but one Saturday night in the spring, Briercrest had an alumni banquet in Saskatoon and we went. After dinner, Henry Budd asked me if I’d be like to be interim athletic director for two years. And so I asked Judy what she thought and she said, “Sure.” So on Saturday night, we agreed, and I never imagined how much I would enjoy my work here. The Lord has really given me what I didn’t know I would enjoy. So how many years have you actually been teaching here? I think 44—something like that. I came in ’72. What is it that you enjoy about teaching? There are lots of things. I enjoy studying the Bible on its own. And I enjoy teaching it. I find the challenge of trying to communicate it well to students is really engaging, and I