When I was a little kid, I used to watch my Mom try to thread a needle. Invariably, after struggling, she'd hand the needle and thread to me, for my younger eyes to successfully execute the challenge ...
I will now attempt to make a first incision on our Patient (our racially-charged culture) by wielding the scalpel of words ... Gulp!
Current news has not escaped my notice. But I've resisted making comments, because words are like a scalpel ...
How do you define success? Most Americans tend to "crunch the numbers" to determine if they've been successful. But, are numbers really the best (or most appropriate) way to gauge success?
Deep down, which do you crave: Celebrity (being known and flattered by all) or Obscurity (being unknown and hidden from all)? I'm afraid American Christians are intoxicated with a longing for celebrity-status. And it needs to die.
If you were a young man, how would you seek the blessing of your future father-in-law, to marry his treasured daughter? I still remember asking Paula's father for his daughter's hand. I was terrified! Let's step back in time and read the correspondence of a young man in that very situation ...
