When Paul wrote this letter to the Romans who were living in the capital city of the Empire, probably the thing that was lacking most in Rome was love. The people were under the rule of a military machine and a cruel emperor, and surely they desperately needed to learn how to love and how to display love in the face of the oppression they were experiencing. Continue reading
“Good ol’ boy!” Are you familiar with this phrase?”
It can be used in a sentence like this: “Ah, that Joe, he’ll hog all the coffee at the Gathering breakfasts….but he’s a good ol’ boy.”
Good ol’ boys do us favors. When we’re rushing into AM/PM they open the door for us, sometimes getting a quick “thanks” in return. And if we’re standing in line at Starbucks frustrated by something rattling around in our heads, a good ol’ boy might even jerk his chin and say, “Hey, man, how’s it going?”