CONFESSIONS OF A STARBUCKS PASTOR

Yes, I can tell what your temperment is by the way you drive. I can tell what your personality is and how self-focused you are. I can tell all of this merely by being in traffic with you. In my current position, I am on the road at least 3-4 hours each day. The last time I drove this much it was just to and from in good ol' California traffic and a way of life for all Golden State residents. Now, it is because I go to my clients (they don't come to me) so I drive in spurts at different times of the day and in a variety of directions. I travel on side roads, freeways, highways and frontage roads. I drive across bridges, railroad tracks and unpaved roads. I go downtown, to remote locations and to main street. Sometimes there is road construction or bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic. Sometimes there is hardly anyone on the road with me. It varies all the time. The only thing certain is that I don't want to be driving north anywhere on a Friday afternoon. (Where we live, s...

You've seen the back of brave trucks. A toll-free number is lettered in nice big font for other drivers to call and report what they've seen. It is supposed to mean you're behind a really good driver. Most of the time, I would agree. But oh that time when a delivery truck caught me off guard as it burst out of an alley and nearly ran me off the road, did I ever take up that 1-800 offer to call in. When I was in college and very new to the Christian faith, someone told me that the highly respected Billy Graham said that you could tell the spiritual condition of a person by the way they drove. That was confusing. What could driving a car possibly have to do with one's spiritual life? I thought those were two separate ideas and immediately shrugged it off. We currently live in Minnesota where it's winter and the roads are packed with snow. Most freeways are plowed clean and sanded, but highway entrances and side roads aren't as bare. It is not uncommon to skid ...