The verses remind me of three people who probably have had the greatest influence on my life - my grandfather Bill Anderson, the late John Rodger of Bellaire and his wife, Katherine, who now lives in Kalamazoo. Love to them was and is a verb, a daily practice. Corinthians 13 talks about.
Love never fails.
Hooks is a scholar, former university professor and astute social observer who writes often about culture, racism, sexism and other social injustices. What attracted me to her work is that though injustice angers her, hers is not an angry voice. In this particular book, she looks at her own search for emotional connection and society's failure to provide a model for learning to love. The underlying values of a culture and its ethics shape and inform the way we speak and act. I know this is getting a little deep.