John D. Rockefeller asked Harry Emerson Fosdick to become
the minister in his church. Dr. Fosdick,
a pugnacious sort, asked Rockefeller, “How can you expect me to accept this as
being known as Rockefeller’s pastor?
And Rockefeller replied; “Do you think I am going to ne
happy known as Fosdick’s parishioner?”
It was at this point, Fosdick accepted. –biography of H.E. Fosdick
We all fall under someone’s shadow. The question for us, can we find comfort
there?
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