The Lighthouse Keeper of Cape Bonavista

For thirty-seven years, Gerald Howell climbed the spiral stairs of the Cape Bonavista Lighthouse in Newfoundland every evening at dusk. Even after the Canadian government automated most lighthouses in the 1990s, Gerald kept showing up. He polished the lens, trimmed the grounds, and welcomed visitors who made the drive out to the rocky headland. When a journalist asked why he bothered, Gerald said something pastors should write on their study walls: "A lighthouse doesn't decide when to shine.…