I got notification throughout the day today, at different times, that three people close to me had written articles for various publication. They are as follows:
First there was this one from my father – . “As a child, I listened to wonderful people who spent their lives on the foreign mission field, yet black people weren’t welcome in our church”.
Next, one from my cousin, Don Gilliland – on his visit to a Birmingham, Alabama, mosque. “The anxiety I’d felt earlier is beginning not so much to lift as to transform to an awareness of a closely-knit, healthy community. Not terribly different from the communities I’m more accustomed to.”
And last but not least, an editorial from my friend and high school class mate, Reverend Matt Tittle – . “This sort of ignorance, hatred, and hostility have no place in our society today. ”
Now it is not surprising at all to me that these three people wrote these articles. What does kind of startle me though is that they all came out on the same day. Talk about serendipity! The other thing these articles say to me is that I am surrounded by some great people – and you can certainly tell where the ideas that help make up my life come from.
