OP-ED:There’s a Storm Coming

OP-ED:There’s a Storm Coming

by Rev. Peter Johnson   I grew up in Plaquemine, Louisiana, where the older folks could tell you it was going to rain before there was a cloud in the sky. As a little boy, I would hear one of them say, “A storm is coming.” I would run outside, look up at a bright blue sky, and come back convinced they were wrong. “There’s not a cloud out there,” I would say. They would smile and answer, “Baby, you haven’t lived long enough yet.” Before the day w…

OP-ED:There’s a Storm Coming – The Windy City Word

by Rev. Peter Johnson   I grew up in Plaquemine, Louisiana, where the older folks could tell you it was going to rain before there was a cloud in the sky. As a little boy, I would hear one of them say, “A storm is coming.” I would run outside, look up at a bright blue sky, and come back convinced they were wrong. “There’s not a cloud out there,” I would say. They would smile and answer, “Baby, you haven’t lived long enough yet.” Before the day w…