Papa, as I remember in the early forties, came to me and suggested that even though I attended St. Luke Methodist Church because it was in the neighborhood and was the church of my mother’s faith, he would like for all of us to go down to Joseph Compau and Clinton (St. John Presbyterian Church) and join. He said, “I know you boys may not have very much to give, but whatever you have, give it to your home church.”

Good advice, and I try to pass it on to my children.