Reverend M. William Howard, Jr.

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.

It was in the Iranian hostage crisis that I understood how alone we are and how powerless we are when other people take control. And really, it's in that setting that one can develop faith. If you think you have other options, you often don't turn to faith. When you have no other options, you turn to faith.

It was in the Iranian hostage crisis that I understood how alone we are and how powerless we are when other people take control. And really, it's in that setting that one can develop faith. If you think you have other options, you often don't turn to faith. When you have no other options, you turn to faith.

It was in the Iranian hostage crisis that I understood how alone we are and how powerless we are when other people take control. And really, it's in that setting that one can develop faith. If you think you have other options, you often don't turn to faith. When you have no other options, you turn to faith.