No little people

Culture: With momentous events in the news, don't forget individuals who transform lives one at a time | Alisa Harris, Susan Olasky, Lynn Vincent, and Marvin Olasky

The Christmas season is one of traditions, and we'd like to recapture one WORLD had from 1994 through 1997: Near the end of each year we profiled several followers of Christ who exemplified Francis Schaeffer's idea that there are "no little people and no little places," because every life has the opportunity to light another, and another.

In a world wrapped in the journalistic adage, "if it bleeds, it leads," it was always a pleasure to write about those covered by Christ's blood transfusing others. We could show, and we show again this year, that those who may feel stuck in a broken-down building-and-loan can still have wonderful lives. God equips ordinary people to do extraordinary things: Even those who stand up alone, out of love and obedience, can illuminate the landscape where they stand, giving hope where it had been extinguished.