The world scene today is as frightening and desperate, as needy and inexplicable as I've ever seen it. There is a bewildering global economy that's sucking jobs overseas and lengthening unemployment lines. India and Pakistan are on the brink of war and armed with nuclear warheads. There is a threat of terrorism in every subway, stadium, and cockpit. A younger generation is adorned with spiked hair and grunge clothing; they are pierced, painted, and ready to party. Add that to Korea's intransigence, Africa's AIDS epidemic, and mix in over six billion people! We're left with a sense of overwhelming inadequacy.

What difference can one person make?

In the life of Christ is an episode that so impressed the twelve disciples that it is the only miracle of Jesus besides the resurrection that is …