Former Oakland Raider Bubba Smith, for Whom the Bell Tolls

It was July 11, 2011, just a few days ago, that a young man asked to speak with me about his math class. He introduced himself and said he worked for the Houston Texans YMCA. Later he added that his grandparents lived next door to the parents of Bubba Smith, a former Oakland Raider. Smith played for the Raiders from 1973 to 1974.

I was surprised on that day, July 11, at noon. The church bells ring at noon each weekday, and they tolled on that day, too. The chapel is across the street from the college. We heard the bells.

Those few moments of sharing were powerful, and I told the young man named Robert Anderson that it seemed so unusual for him to mention Smith.

Anderson also shared t...

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