I love a good crescendo, don’t you? It can be in a movie, such as the scene in “It’s a Wonderful Life” where George and Mary share the phone to listen to Sam explain his new opportunity. It’s the moment where George realizes he loves Mary, but it means his life won’t play out the way he dreamed.

I like wine. To be precise, I enjoy really fine wines. As the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has been quoted many times – “Life is too short to drink bad wine.” One night some years ago, while studying Bruce Wilkinson’s “Secrets of the Vine”, I prayed “Lord, make me a fine cabernet sauvignon . . .