Watson Coleman: “I thank Senator Carper for his leadership. Next week is actually National Bible Week. I think it has been celebrated…”

“I thank Senator Carper for his leadership. Next week is actually National Bible Week. I think it has been celebrated since 1941. The Senator from Delaware is one of the cochairs of that. Part of what I think is the purpose of it and the importance of it is to reflect a little bit on the value, the importance of the Bible and of faith in our lives. And we do bring different faith perspectives and different historical perspectives. I have a great sense of almost envy a little bit about being from a State that goes back to the very beginning, to the time of the Founders. The Minnesota journey has been a little briefer journey, a challenging journey when the early settlers were coming out and landing. It was pretty cold in the winter and it could be blistering hot in the summer. You kind of reflect on your own mortality. To this day, we stand now in the 21st century, and one of the things faith does--and we heard it from the Chaplain, if you listened to the Chaplain's intonation when the prayer began, calling upon God for wisdom, in a sense humility, that even in this august Chamber it is important for us and our colleagues to have. I think faith gives you that, requires that of you. Alvin Toffler, in 'Future Shock,' talked about the geometric rate of change--everything is moving so quickly, and reflected in that is the importance of some island of stability.”