James Byrd's business card reads, "With God all things are possible." It's not just a slogan!I met Mr. Byrd yesterday while driving Highway 49 in Mississippi. His business, Byrd's Antique Cars & Trucks, was on the opposite side of the four-lane divided highway.
I'm preparing to hit the open road. I have a box full of books, a iPhone full of music, a camera full of film, and a copy of Blue Highways, the back roads memoir from William Least Heat Moon.
I've been in Nashville the last couple of days, hanging out at the PCA General Assembly. Think of it as a giant church business meeting. Actually, don't think of it that way! That would be both unfair and incorrect.
Former Secretary to the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold, once said, "You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal; play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth; play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds."
