Abiding and Asking

In my previous column I wrote about my college roommate and the impact that John 15 had on him as he wrote a long paper on it. It occurred to me that he might like to read what I had written. I was able to track down what I hoped was a current email address for him and sent it off. A few days later I was thrilled to get a reply and life update from him. That led to a Zoom call shortly after that. Upon seeing one another, we agreed that neither of us had changed a bit since the 1980s. Perhaps the only difference was our honesty.

Not only had our looks and lives changed with many blessings (he a...