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Last Sunday was Father's Day in Brazil. Sunday night one of my friends said, "Every day is Father's day!" He's right you know. At least for me it is. I have a great wife and family. I have great brothers and sisters-in-law and a great sister and brother-in-law. I have a great father and mother-in-law! I have great daughters and sons-in-law. I have great (and very cute) grand kids. I am blessed! Why me? I have often asked that question. Why me Father! Back in 1904, long before any of my present family was even thought of, Andrew Jewell married young Lorene Drahner (ever hear of Drahner Road in Oxford?). That young couple had all of the potential in the world. Andrew came from a fairly well to do farming family, Lorene was also from a well to do farming family and a young school teacher. Their first child was born on Valentines Day in 1907. Little Clyde Austin nearly died in his first month. He wasn't a healthy boy by any means but he grew stronger and survived....

As Christians we know that One person has made a difference in our lives. We often forget that through Christ we too can make a difference as "one". We remember Adam and the difference that he made. One that we would love to forget. We remember Moses and the difference that he made. Men like Abraham, Noah, Paul all tell stories of one man who made a great difference. Not to forget the ladies; we remember Eve, Sarah, Hannah, Rebeca, Rehab, Mary, Priscilla. All women who made a great difference in the course of their history and ours. When I am tempted to get discouraged I remember these characters and many others in the Bible, and in my life, who, as one person against the odds, made a great difference. This past week, June 4 to be exact, was the seventeenth anniversary of the massacre in Tienanmen Square. To my shame, I lived through that event but never really paid much attention to it's significance until this past Friday. As I was looking at the headlines I noticed one...