Extraodinary Turns Ordinary

As a youth, I read the classic The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson, which sold many millions of copies. I was impressed, too, that my father had met Nicky Cruz. Years later, I myself became an urban minister, in what may be (or have been) Southern Africa's toughest urban suburb. But when one is in the midst of it, the "wow" of reading the book becomes ordinary, to the extent that one may forget to talk about it to one's friends. OBSERVATION: As for gangs, though, my ministry was in an area which was a haven for gang members, not (generally speaking) their turf.