
Ansell: Doing just enough
There’s an old story and it’s not in the Bible but it makes a great point. Let me share it with you.
There’s an old story and it’s not in the Bible but it makes a great point. Let me share it with you.
Generally, I go ‘round without a hat. A hat squeezes the head, itches the scalp. Plus, I like my hair. But we live in interesting, challenging, new times. We must rise to the occasion. Sometimes, to meet the moment, a man needs a hat.
I like the story about the little kid digging through the pile of horse manure because “there must be a pony in there somewhere.”
We humans are an odd sort. It only takes an hour in an airport to see a full spectrum of strangeness, from wardrobe choice and hairstyles to some of the weirdest behavior you could imagine.
You don’t have to read many news reports to realize we live in an age of excessive superlatives. In the ranking of English language comparisons, we know “superlative” is the form of an adverb or adjective that’s the highest degree of a descriptor.
The Blonde and I had coffee last Saturday with another pastor and his wife. They were sharing with us how their church supports a group that takes Bibles into Iraq and shares the Gospel with the Iraqi people.
I don’t mean to brag or anything. I mean, really, I’m just a guy. I put my pants on one leg at a time. In many ways, I’m human—just like you.
We’re getting ready for a family trip to the beach. The fact that all my adult children could get off work and join us on this trip is proof that miracles still happen.