After leaving the Merchant Navy Kevin Cooney started out on his own with a humble back-garden engineering shop. A chance encounter led him to specialise in manufacturing stainless steel components for yachts, and it wasn't long before he caught the sailing bug himself. Thanks to ingenuity, determination and a great deal of hard work, Kevin managed to pilot Cooney Marine successfully through the difficult decades of British industrial strife and build it into the largest independent supplier of stainless steel rails and fittings in the UK. Now semi-retired and with his son at the helm, Kevin is free to indulge his passion by sailing the oceans and even crossing the Atlantic several times. This book is based on the diary he has been keeping for more than 40 years.ÿ

For over forty years of serving the ministry, twenty-eight years of service as the associational missionary for the Tuscaloosa County Baptist Association, and for working with eighty-seven churches and more than four hundred pastors and other ministers, Jerry Wilkins have experienced all kinds of storms a ministry can encounter. From heavy storms like hurricanes that can crumble a church s foundation to the smaller ones like headwinds, petty quarrels and misunderstandings, he has withstood them all. With all that he s went through, Jerry shares his insights and expertise on how to overcome all kinds of storms that may occur in the ministry and in the community. Through his book, Smooth Sailing for Your Ministry: How to Avoid Storms in Your Ministry, he imparts a comprehensive guide for pastors and leaders in the ministry on how to address the multitude of threats that the ministry would face. He extensively tackles various factors that can affect the smooth sailing ways in the ministry. Being able to identify and act on these threats and factors will eventually lead to growth, development, and a smooth sailing ministry. For the sake of the community, our family, and the kingdom, a pastor can successfully weather all storms he encounters with the help of this book. It is a must-read for any serious missionary or Christian shepherd.