Emphasis Preaching Journal

The entire free world grieved when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. In his three years as President, he had come to stand for something very special, very new, very exciting, even outside the USA. For many people, political affairs have never again been the same. Many people can remember exactly where they were when they heard of his death. Even in my small Canadian hometown, the announcement of his death over our high school's PA came as a complete and utter shock. An over-imaginative 15-year-
old, I believed the end of the world was about to come: "War -- that's what this means!" I insisted to my classmates. But I was wrong. In the best democratic tradition, authority passed almost seamlessly to Lyndon Johnson, and life went on without JFK. -- Walker