He has infuriated hundreds of feminists in America, shared his faith by writing Easter editorials, and been called all manner of insults – but Garth George says he has loved sharing his views through his columns.
Since the beginning of this year, that love started to disappear and his weekly columns in the Bay of Plenty Times had become a chore.
That’s why he’s decided to put away his pen and focus on enjoying the days he has left.
George, who has terminal cancer, said perhaps it was the pain medication he took, but the writing had stopped flowing like it used to.
He said in the past few months, his columns had been a good way of keeping his mind off what was happening to him.
He said he’d appreciated the freedom to write about whatever he wanted – and realised that the editors of papers often put up with “a lot of crap” because of his columns.
“Part of it is the fact that I have been blatantly Christian. A lot don’t like that at all.”
It’s that Christian message shared through his Christmas and Easter columns in particular that he is most proud of.
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