Tuesday; November 25
That noise you heard sixty-two years ago was the echoing of sobbing all across our nation. We had lost another president to an assassin’s bullet. In one century, we had lost four presidents to violence: Abraham Lincoln (1865), James Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901) … and now, John Kennedy. Thankfully, it had been over sixty years since the last assassination, but on this November day, that probably wasn’t much consolation as our nation paused to lay its most recent casualty to rest. The new-age, idealistic leader with the young family was gone. Like with most martyrs, I believe that President Kennedy’s life has taken on a very special significance since that day in Dallas in 1963, but love him or hate him, he was colorful and quotable. The other day, I came across a quote I don’t believe I had ever noticed, “ Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your p...