One of my favorite people I ever encountered was asked, “Who are you, my dear?” Her response was, “nobody special.” The following made me think of her. She really was in so many ways, “somebody special.” In the eating hall, a stuffed parrot hung from the ceiling, and from its golden beak dangled a…
Limitations
Even the greatest of athletes have limitations, you just don’t notice them because they have learned to accept and overcome them. Many great public speakers have a fear of speaking in public but accept their limitation and face it head on. I sometimes think that God gives us limitations so that we will understand…
State of Grace
In the days of Joan of Arc it was the believed that scriptures forbad one from knowing whether one was “in a state of grace.” Thus when one of her accusers asked the saint if, “She was in a state of grace,” he was laying a trap. Either a yes or no answer would…