...and more people who do believe in those founding principles and finding themselves being made to care about race and color.
Having endured a sermon on ‘racial tension’ last Sunday (which, overall, wasn’t too bad – but one lady brought up the Trayvon Martin incident from a fear perspective) – today’s “sermon” was a congregational opportunity to share praise & thanks individually in front of the church with a mike…
…now was my chance to take a small swat back.
I began by being thankful for my wife & 2 adult children (who were sitting 3 rows away) - & then stated that, when I pray, it’s for
wisdom &
patience. That – being in the leadership development field – patience is a necessity since I deal with people. People who make goals then proceed to make excuses as to why they can’t achieve those goals…that
they set.
I then turned people into culture: stating that our culture is akin to an adolescent teenager, demanding things be given them rather than achieve those things on their own – and how I need even more patience to respond to a culture run totally amok; feigning offense at every turn & wearing a “Victim” lens rather than accepting personal responsibility.
I closed expressing thanks for God’s graciousness – enabling me to discern truth in a culture bent on muddying the definition of that word.
I received a polite applause as I took my seat (being thankful for the opportunity to vent in a small, yet appropriate way).