Reverend M. William Howard, Jr.

And so what we decided, because we got some word that the Ayatollah was going to invite us for a conversation. And we had seen these conversations on the television. He's telling them things and you're sitting there quietly. We did not want to be in that situation. So we literally planned our exit from the country in some forethought that this may transpire. So we were successful.

And so what we decided, because we got some word that the Ayatollah was going to invite us for a conversation. And we had seen these conversations on the television. He's telling them things and you're sitting there quietly. We did not want to be in that situation. So we literally planned our exit from the country in some forethought that this may transpire. So we were successful.

And so what we decided, because we got some word that the Ayatollah was going to invite us for a conversation. And we had seen these conversations on the television. He's telling them things and you're sitting there quietly. We did not want to be in that situation. So we literally planned our exit from the country in some forethought that this may transpire. So we were successful.

Oh, yes. It would have been on American television before you could imagine that.

Oh, yes. It would have been on American television before you could imagine that.

Oh, yes. It would have been on American television before you could imagine that.

One thing I would say, especially the live shows, is how uninformed the people in those audiences were about... the history of Iran.

One thing I would say, especially the live shows, is how uninformed the people in those audiences were about... the history of Iran.

One thing I would say, especially the live shows, is how uninformed the people in those audiences were about... the history of Iran.

I mean, the people were angry. They were uninformed. And when you put those two combinations together, man, that's a pretty dangerous combination.

I mean, the people were angry. They were uninformed. And when you put those two combinations together, man, that's a pretty dangerous combination.

I mean, the people were angry. They were uninformed. And when you put those two combinations together, man, that's a pretty dangerous combination.

I'm from the school of religious thought that doubts whether The average worshiper has fully understood the tradition that they claim. I think in this period, we are seeing, for example, how devoid certain sectors of the American religious community is of basic Christian principles and ethics, how they behave in politics. and so forth.

I'm from the school of religious thought that doubts whether The average worshiper has fully understood the tradition that they claim. I think in this period, we are seeing, for example, how devoid certain sectors of the American religious community is of basic Christian principles and ethics, how they behave in politics. and so forth.

I'm from the school of religious thought that doubts whether The average worshiper has fully understood the tradition that they claim. I think in this period, we are seeing, for example, how devoid certain sectors of the American religious community is of basic Christian principles and ethics, how they behave in politics. and so forth.

I knew deeply the religious significance of Christmas, of course, but I knew that Christmas had evolved into, and it still is, an overwhelmingly commercial enterprise. It's about giving gifts. So I understood that.

I knew deeply the religious significance of Christmas, of course, but I knew that Christmas had evolved into, and it still is, an overwhelmingly commercial enterprise. It's about giving gifts. So I understood that.

I knew deeply the religious significance of Christmas, of course, but I knew that Christmas had evolved into, and it still is, an overwhelmingly commercial enterprise. It's about giving gifts. So I understood that.

But what I did understand in this experience was what it meant for the first time, really, and you know very well that I grew up in the Jim Crow South where there were many instances of not necessarily knowing how much control you really had in your life because of external forces, meaning segregationist and so on.

But what I did understand in this experience was what it meant for the first time, really, and you know very well that I grew up in the Jim Crow South where there were many instances of not necessarily knowing how much control you really had in your life because of external forces, meaning segregationist and so on.