If Only They Had Listened
Konrad Kellen, Rand Corporation photo, found at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23037957 We have all been told we need to listen more. Perhaps we seek solace in contrasting ourselves to the one we know who talks way too much and listens way too little. However, the Bible doesn’t let us off the hook so easily, instructing us to be “quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger,” James 1:19 (NASB). So, I introduce you to a tale of two men. One is Konrad Kellen and the other is Leon Goure. One would be listened to while the other would be ignored. That choice may have proved unwise as you will see in a few minutes. In 1913, Konrad Katzenellenbogen (his full last name) was born into privilege to one of the Jewish families that lived near Berlin’s Tiergarten, German for “animal garden.” Konrad’s father was an industrialist while his stepmother was the subject of a painting by Renoir, a friend of the family. Leon Goure was an immigrant from the Soviet Union. ...