I ran across a post the other day — apologies for not linking it — on Threads, otherwise known as Facebook’s poor effort to combat X’s omnipresence. The writer was kvetching about how, for many people, the December holidays are naught but painful reminders of loved ones no longer with us. Therefore, there should be maximum leeway provided for their emotions.
A fair point … to a point. Certainly, we are to consider others’ feelings during the holidays. This duly noted, the level of selfishness demonstrated by declaring how since you aren’t having a good time, no one should is quite over the top.
This comes to mind when noting that Terry Scott Taylor, a rarity among musical artists in that he is heralded as a living legend and genuinely deserves the title due to his work as leader of seminal contemporary Christian ensemble Daniel Amos, among…