The man who gave away pens: Remembering Rev Dr SI Lawphniaw

Meyu ChangkiriWhat if, after a lifetime of service, the thing people remember most about you is not what you achieved, what you owned, or the position you held - but something as ordinary as a pen? Rev Dr SI Lawphniaw may never have imagined that his simple habit of giving away pens would become part of his legacy. Wherever he went, he gave pens to the people he met.

His son, also a pastor, recalled that on some occasions his father would distribute as many as forty or fifty pens in a single day. When his youngest daughter once asked him why he did it, his answer was disarmingly simple: it…