Morris: We all need to be able to start fresh
Left-hander pitcher Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers fired his fast ball, with one leg out front in his long stride, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, on Oct. 11, 1965. The Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League faced the the Minnesota Twins, the American League champions, in the fifth game of the World Series. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series. (AP file)
G. Scott Morris
The Rev. Dr. G. Scott Morris, M.D., is founder and chief executive officer of Church Health. He is a regular contributor to The Daily Memphian.
“When we carry with us the heaviness of the broken world wherever we go, we focus such intensity on how we experience the presence of evil in our midst and risk missing the presence of God.”
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