An actress and a singer died today. It's all over the news, Brian Williams had to bump his lead story on the actress to lead with the death of the singer. NBC did a special on the actress, CBS ran one on the singer. It will probably be front page news in tomorrows papers and the news magazines will have them on their covers next week.
While death is always a tragedy and our hearts go out to the families of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett I can't help but think of how we have all been caught up in our celebrity culture. We live in a culture in which talent comes ahead of character and real heroes, people who are making a significant difference in the lives of others, are rarely recognized.
Actually I'm not convinced that its ever been any different but God is much more interested in us developing a Godly character than increasing our talent.
