Day: October 14, 2009

A Post-Columbus Day Post

Monday was Columbus Day. Did you notice? It seems to be another one of those traditional holidays that has sunk into oblivion. Now, let me be clear on one point: I don’t view Columbus as a role model. Yes, he did believe God was leading him to sail west. And, in some fashion, he believed the Christian faith was to be spread through him. That’s balanced out, however, by his ego—desiring and winning the title Admiral of the Ocean Seas—and… Read more »