“Gene, do you remember what I told you just before we ordained you as a Deacon, you know, that part about being a servant?” I had apparently surprised him, stopping him on his way to the worship service after Sunday School. “Yes, I do,” he recovered nicely, nodding with an accomplished grin, like he had …
In appointing the first “Minister of Loneliness,” at least the British government recognizes they have a problem. Nonetheless, Stephen Colbert, among others, couldn’t resist using the news item as fodder for comedy: “This is so British,” he said. “They’ve defined the most ineffable human problem and come up with the most cold, bureaucratic solution.” But, …