Give trust and grace to others. It’s the holidays

Dec. 24, Anthony Elia, director of Bridwell Library and associate dean for Special Collections and Academic Publishing at SMU Dallas, for a commentary about how we should be more forgiving and understanding during the holidays. Published in the Dallas Morning News under the heading: Give trust and grace to others. It’s the holidays: https://tinyurl.com/mr3k33hk

​Last Christmas, I attended a Sunday service at one of our local big congregation churches. During the sermon, the lively preacher spoke in that folksy cadence and animating spirit to deliver the weekly message. In the pew in front of me sat a distinguished-looking man in a storm-gray suit, with a shock of white hair. After listening to the preacher for a bit, the man bent toward his wife, rolled his eyes, and mouthed the word “faker!”

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