By Steven O. Evans, PhD
Dear Friends and Readers,
Someone once said, the main difference between research and plagiarism is citations. So I will give credit to my title to one of our local theologians, the Rev. Dr. Durrell Watkins, Senior Pastor of Sunshine Cathedral. In one of his recent sermons, he challenged us to face difficulties with peace, rather than going to pieces.¹
It’s so easy to panic when things seem to fall apart, the diagnosis comes in, the check doesn’t arrive, or the relationship falls apart.
But as Dr. Watkins explained, there is a world of possibilities to come. The motto is, “We are a different kind of church, where the past is the past and the future has infinite possibilities.”² Another dear friend of mine always reminds me, “You have survived 100% of your worst days.”³
Be of the mindset, this is going to be your year. And as Vanessa Williams sang, “You went and saved the best for last.”⁴
May happiness be abounding.⁵
Editor in Chief
1 Watkins, D. (September 18, 2022). Sunday morning sermon (live). Sunshine Cathedral.
2 (referenced September 22, 2022). www.SunshineCathedral.org.
3 Lorber, J. CEO, (South Florida Symphony Orchestra)
4 Williams, V. (1994). “Save the Best for Last.” Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
5 Dr. Angela Easterday-Holder, former Chair and Professor of Music at Carson-Newman University and choir member Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington, KY (www.ibclex.org)
6 Dr. Jane McEldowney Jensen, doctoral supervisor. Director of Graduate Studies, Educational Policy Studies & Education. University of Kentucky, College of Education. Dissertation title: Pediatrics education in an AHEC setting: Preparing students to provide patient centered medicine. A research study of ways that medical students learn patient centered medicine through their rotations in AHEC clinical settings.
