... Prince Rainer of Monaco died after a long illness, the man who made his tiny Mediterranean nation of Monaco famous for something other than being a sunny place for shady characters when he married Grace Kelly and swept her out of Hollywood 40 years ago. Johnny Cochran, of O.J. Simpson trial fame, succumbed to cancer. Lots of news. Lots of news leading up to our scripture lesson two millennia ago. We are familiar with the story. It was Easter afternoon and we are introduced to a pair of travelers, one named ...
... ninth. The sons began quarreling with one another. The quarreling got worse. Gradually it infected the entire household, then the town, and then the Sheik''s entire region. It was like a church that had lost its focus and perspective. They were ready to hire Johnny Cochran and Al Shapiro to settle the argument. Finally, one day an older and wiser woman walked into town holding a rope attached to a single camel. "Here," she said quietly, "if it will stop the quarreling, I will give you my camel. I will now ...
