Sometimes words are our best emissaries. They enable us to summon and send out to the wicket a perspective on a warrior called back to the pearly pavilion. With them, we can capture a scripture that illuminates an eternal truth such as this: We are because he was! Today we hold aloft a pantheon of cherished ideals and can make real our innermost imaginings. This warrior erupted from the most oppressed of us and led a Joshua journey to the land of possibilities for those with a passionate desire for recognition and justice.