It saddened me greatly to hear the news of the passing of Rob Lacey on Monday 1st May after a prolonged fight against cancer. He was 43. Rob was best known as author of 'Word on the Street' aka The Street Bible, also recently published 'The Liberator'. He was also an accomplished actor and established communicator. His insight and innovative approach to communicating God's Word to a new generation made him someone always worth listening to.
The first time I met Rob was when he came to perform his one-man show 'The Prodigal Son' in Dumfries. His dynamic performance blew me away. I met Rob on several occasions over the years after that, at Spring Harvest or various conferences etc, and he always was quick to deflect any kind words about his performance or latest project back , always showing a keen interest in what I was up to. I learnt later that some of these times when we spoke, he would have been in the midst of some of his battles with the cancer that would eventually take him. His paraphrase of Job in The Street Bible was written right in the middle of one such episode. Worth reading.
Remember Sandra, his widow, and their two small children Lukas, 5 and baby Magdalena, only born in April.
Thank you God for Rob. At rest now. No more disease.
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