I recall a song I learned in Sunday School long years ago. Perhaps I should sing it to you. Ever since Bishop Morris was here last month and ended his sermon with a beautiful song, you have been asking me why I don't do the same. Frankly, you can't afford the number of voice lessons it would require to bring me up to an acceptable level. Here are the words of the song I remember:

"Dare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone,
Dare to have a purpose firm,
Dare to make it known."

For the next seven weeks we will focus on a remarkable Old Testament character named Daniel and the book that bears his name. Daniel was a Hebrew teenager, apparently of noble birth, who was taken into exile when his country of Judah was conquered by the Babylonians in 605 BC. Daniel spent his entire life in Babylonia…