Life Lessons
Make sure your own character measures up
When Sgt. Ray Baarz of the Midvale, Utah, police department opened his wallet, he noticed his driver’s license had expired. Embarrassed at having caught himself red-handed, he had no alternative. He calmly and deliberately pulled out his ticket book and wrote himself a citation. Then Baarz took the ticket to the city judge who fined him $5. “How could I give a ticket to anyone else for an expired license in the future if I didn’t cite myself?” Baarz asked.
What would you have done? How does your character measure up? We need more folks like this in the Lake Oconee area and in our world. Will you be one?
If you haven’t been to the Lake Welcome Center this year, you are missing out. Hope to see you there. Wishing you much love and much light.
—The Rev. David W. Key, director of the Baptist Studies Program, is involved in recruitment, admissions, student life, counseling, placement, and development functions for Emory University's Candler School of Theology. He teaches in the Contextual Education program. He is the founding pastor of the Lake Oconee Community Church at Reynolds Plantation. Contact him at (404) 727-6350 or dkey@emory.edu. His column appears weekly in this space.
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