Covers, Robes, and Wrappings

Fellow Labourers-

A former professor at the University of the West Indies coined the following phrase, "A bhutoo in a Benz is still a bhutoo." I wish to say that a sinner in a church is still a sinner." We may be able to deceive with Covers, Robes, and Wrappings but God sees the heart. Are we like these children, and cannot distinguish among the many offerings in the world? Do we like the wrapper so much that the contents satisfies our taste?

Branding works and so we have to be more discriminating especially when it come to matters of the soul. W. Steven Brown in his book "Fatal errors managers make," notes fatal error number nine as "Fail to Set Standards." He went on to say "The concept of setting standards is not a favourite of many managers. In fact they'd probably like to avoid the subject altogether, because they view standards as a means of making up punitive rules used to punish those who fail to produce or those who avoid conformity. Those with such negative definition of the word misunderstand one of the keys to a well run company. For the guidelines a company makes need not aim at forcing compliance to a list of regulations, but should have the goal of building personal and corporate pride."

Pax Vobiscum

Robert Stewart