The Pastor, the Priest, and the Value of Doing Nothing

Friendships across borders

I’m not hip, cool, famous, or in demand. But twenty-five years ago, I found myself recording a series of short, 30-second devotional spots for a local Christian radio station near my church in Bradenton, Florida. That gave me a certain short-lived and very localized celebrity. But this, I understand, was enough to keep Steve, a Pentecostal pastor, from …