Later in my Human Resources career, cynicism crept in. I found myself doubting that anyone acted out of genuine altruism. Like Bill Crosby’s line about the Haynes Sisters in White Christmas, I assumed everyone had “an angle”—something to gain. Sadly, Christians can fall into the same trap, suspecting hidden motives even in our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Anyone who is around me long enough hears my mouth say something different from what is in my brain. I once told my wife I had to “go shake a tower” when what I meant was that I had to “go take a shower.” Sometimes my mouth seems to have a mind of its own. Those are “slips of the tongue,” and once the laughter dies down, no harm is done. Too often in the Church we have “slips of the tongue” in our terminology that are either the result of bad traditions or simply because we are not using the correct language. Either reason may lead others, or even ourselves, to believe things that simply are not true.

What do we actually mean by being a "world changer"?