On my recent trip to the Pepperdine Lectureship I witnessed something that was "historic" to me.  During the keynote lecture on the last night, I saw a white woman give up her seat to an elderly black man.  Now, you're problably thinking, "What's the big deal about that?"  Here's the big deal: the elderly black man was Fred Gray. 

Fred Gray is a long-time Church of Christ preacher (he was one of Marshall Keeble's "Preacher Boys") and has been an elder at his congregation for 40 years.  Fred was also the attorney for Rosa Parks, when she refused to give up her seat on a bus and kick-started the Civil Rights Movement.  Fred also represented Martin Luther King, Jr. and is known to many as the "lawyer for the Civil Rights Movement." 

So, when I saw a white woman give her seat to Fred Gray, it struck me as ironic that the reason that act is seen as "no big deal" today is due, in part, to the work of a Church of Christ preacher who stood up for the way of Christ.