Thomas A. Kinsey, a pastor in Salem, New Hampshire, tells about a birthday card he sent his dad. It was his father’s 75th birthday. Kinsey was looking for "that perfect card." Standing there in the card shop, his eyes kept going back to one card ” one that had a drawing of two boats tied to a dock in what appeared to be a New England town.

Although Kinsey lives in New England, his parents live in the hills of West Virginia. His parents had never owned a boat or even shown any interest in boating. His dad had a childhood experience that caused him to fear the water. He had never learned how to swim. But, Kinsey continued to look at the card ” there was something about it that was meaningful.

You see, Kinsey describes his father as a very simple man. If you drew a line through the pilgrima…