I am one of those preachers who plays golf. Most of the time, my golf game is a lesson in humility—a kind of willing mortification of the flesh that reminds me that, for all my supposed spirituality, ...

I'd like to change the title of this article from "seven things I've learned," to "seven things I'm learning." In fact, I think I might even want to change it to, "seven things I think I'm beginning ...