Browsing: Collectively Speaking

     We see on a daily basis how fragile our lives are, when, even though they appear to be rock solid, they can crumble like pebbles under the weight of a 50 lb. sledgehammer in the hands of the world’s strongest man.

     The ancient idea of “Cleanliness is next to godliness” is found in Babylonian and Hebrew literary work. The phrase was first recorded in a sermon by the Methodist pastor, John Wesley, in 1778. Being clean was supposed to be a sign of spiritual purity or goodness; we sure have gotten a long way from that.