Most of you are familiar with that apostle of possibility thinking, Dr. Robert Schuller. Schuller was best known for his glittering Crystal Cathedral. On one occasion Schuller invited entertainer Pat Boone to sing for his congregation. He introduced Boone by saying that Pat sometimes gets tired of his all-American-boy image. Once a year, said Schuller, Pat Boone checks into a motel under an assumed name, closes the drapes, goes into the closet, and puts on black shoes. The congregation chuckled. They knew that white shoes are Boone's trademark.

Pat Boone came back to the Crystal Cathedral a second time. He remembered what Schuller had said. He told the congregation that Dr. Schuller got tired of his image sometimes, too. "So once a year," Pat claimed, "Robert Schuller checks into a motel un…