Will Willimon writes of a friend of his, an Episcopal priest, “was looking to buy a motorcycle. The salesman said, ‘This baby can go from zero to 80 in 40 seconds. Nothing can touch you when you are on this baby.’ Then the salesman asked, ‘And what do you do for a living?’ My friend answered that he was clergy. The salesman said, ‘This is a very, very safe motorcycle you got here.’ And I am haunted by what somebody said back at my graduation. ‘Remember one thing as you go forth into life: Even if you win the rat race, you are still a rat.’”
From Peter’s Emmanuel News and Notes: July 1, 2007
