At times, something you read prompts you to mull over weighty matters that can have profound and lasting impacts -- life-changing learning that gets brushed aside by our many practical tasks at hand and by the endless distractions around us. The story of Ruby Bridges is a familiar one; we know where it happened and what happened during that troubling period-- the poor, resolute child endured insults and threats from otherwise good and decent people, including from the church-going folks. But I neither knew the scope of her ordeal nor could I figure out how on earth a little child -- who was Jubilee’s age -- had managed to muster the grace and aplomb needed to endure the daily persecution without succumbing to paralyzing fear or hatred. It
