The gospel of Jesus Christ is the most Potent agent of change on earth. When the church is alive and well, people are continually being changed. Therefore, I am always alert for stories of change.

One of my favorites comes out of a rural area near Cairo, Georgia. Two brothers grew up on a farm there. One brother took to education like a duck to water. He graduated from Georgia Tech and became a renowned engineer in Chicago. The other brother was content to stay home and farm. Some years later the learned brother was invited to give a speech in Atlanta at the Peachtree Plaza Hotel. He had not seen his brother in a long while so he invited him to bring his family to the hotel and spend a little time with him.

The rural brother had never been in a town bigger than Cairo. He and his wife and s…