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The
inspiration for this web site came from a story I read that left an
indelible impression upon my mind. Over a decade or so ago, I was
attending a Pastoral Anniversary Service at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in
Temple, Texas, for my pastor and father in the ministry, Rev. Charles E.
Maze. I had been asked to present the Guest Speaker who was Rev.
George V. Clark, pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Austin,
Texas. Following my preliminary remarks, I shared for the first time
the story that is reproduced below. I have shared it when
appropriate on several occasions across the years. This story
continues, as it did then, to elicit from myself and its hearers the kind
of positive responses intended by the writer who included it in his
chapter.
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Excerpt
from Chapter 6, p. 98
"Enlarging
the Mind to Expand the Ministry"
During
the French Revolution, political prisoners were incarcerated in
dingy dungeons. There is a story about a state's prisoner
who possessed a Bible. His cell mates were eager to hear
him read, but the darkness prohibited him from seeing the
words. The only shaft of light fell through a tiny window
near the ceiling, and this for only a few minutes each
day. The prisoners then, would lift the owner of the Bible
onto their shoulders and into the sunlight. There, in that
position, he would study. Then, they would bring him down
and say, "Tell us now, what did you read while you were in
the light?"
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Mastering
Personal Growth
(Mastering
Ministry Series)
© 1992
by
Christianity Today, Inc.
Maxie
Dunnam
Gordon
MacDonald
Donald
W. McCullough |
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Donald
W. McCullough Ph.D.
Senior
Pastor of
Solana
Beach
Presbyterian
Church
Solana
Beach, California
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