Bulls, rear ends and seeing the world from God’s perspective
By 
Jeff Lucas2022-07-02T13:06:00
Jeff Lucas had to quietly control the urge to weep when his farmer friend asked him to help castrate a bull. Here’s what it taught him about perspective.
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