Thought For The Day

  • Thought For The Day

    Sour Grapes?

    I don’t know much, if anything, about world class gymnastics. I can watch a routine and see some of the flaws. Last evening as I watched the Olympic women’s individual competition on the uneven bars, it was clear that the Chinese competitor made more mistakes than the American competitor. Those “in the know,” with the exception of the judges, of course, were also convinced that the final result was wrong. If that sounds like sour grapes, I apologze. These are just kids, really, performing at the highest level. They are owed a honest evaluation of their work. Sometimes, in the Church of Jesus Christ, we get our evaluations of the work being performed,…