When Larry Kochendorfer was just four years old, he told his mother he wanted to be a pastor. At least, that’s what she told him, though now, several years later, he doesn’t remember: “I do trust her, so I’m sure it’s correct,” he said with a laugh, chatting at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s downtown Winnipeg office on a crisp fall morning. In time, that first flicker in the mind of a boy growing up in rural Alberta would become a light that led Kochendorfer on a journey through faith and community. It’s a path that saw him pursue...