Paul Henderson
Paul Henderson became a Canadian sports legend on September 28, 1972. His goal, with 34 seconds remaining in the final game, lifted Canada to victory in the "Series of the Century", against the Soviet Union. Incredibly, Paul scored the winning goal in each of the last three games of this historic first series between the two superpowers of hockey. Today, Paul uses the lessons of leadership, teamwork and commitment he learned during the 1972 Summit Series and his 18 year professional hockey career, to motivate organizations to reach their own goals.
Bio last updated April 30th, 2018.
Articles by Paul Henderson
The Conversation: 'God Had His Hand On Me'
By Paul Henderson
November 1, 2012
A self-described 'dipstick' who still isn't sure why God chose him, Paul Henderson has spent the past four decades making the ministering of the Gospel his goal in life.
C: There is a very explicit Christian message and parallel in that, isn't there? God loves the world When He knew that I was ready to be teachable, then He got into my life and it was still two years before I said, 'Lord, I really understand this and I want to become a Christian But I have never once stopped to think, 'I wonder if God is real? I wonder if He loves me?' That is just a given The [Bible] story that used to bother me all the time was the story about Jesus' first miracle The good news about the way I did this is that I spent two years thinking about whether Jesus was real, whether there was a God There are very few players who have respect for reporters or reporting today On the Mount of Olives, I could picture Jesus there with his disciples; and then around the Sea of Galilee, all the New Testament stories came to life: Bethany and all those places If you married the wrong person or someone is having affairs all the time, that marriage is going to finish I think we have lost that C: In your new book, The Goal of My Life, you talk frankly about your life, and at the beginning there's this description of you being born in a sleigh in a snowstorm on the ice of Lake Huron The good news is, God says, 'Don't compare yourself to anybody else Then I just go out there with a great sense of confidence to try to live with a real sense of freedom PH: What stuck out for me was the humanness of Jesus Before you get married, you say to the Lord, 'I am making a lifelong commitment here – is this the right person?' You obviously talk about it with each other