One summer some friends...
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One summer some friends and I were vacationing in Maryland along the Chesapeake Bay. At the time, James Michener was living in the area and working on his book, Chesapeake. As we were walking through the historic shipbuilding town of St. Michaels, we saw posters advertising a coming social event at the local hotel, consisting of a dinner and discussion with James Michener. The cost was only $20.00, and the big attraction was an opportunity to meet and chat with this world-famous author.
As we browsed through the stores and shops, we asked one resident lady if she were going to attend the event. "Heavens no!" she replied. "Why should I pay out $20.00 to see Michener? Why, I see him at the post office nearly every day."
In one sense that's a good attitude, for it shows she had her views in perspective. Probably because of that type of aloofness, the author felt comfortable living in the area to write the book, without being bothered by the people.
On the other hand, that attitude exemplifies the same mind-set the people of Nazareth had about Jesus. They could see him most any day in their dusty streets, and he didn't appear to them to be any "big deal."
His native townspeople had little reverential awe of Jesus, which caused him to say: "A prophet is without honor in his own home."
-- McKarns
