God almost certainly uses stories to give us hope amid the world’s creeping darkness.
In a video posted to YouTube on Sunday, former NBA first-round pick AJ Griffin, who turned 21 last month, explained why he has chosen to walk away from a lucrative career in professional sports and pursue a new calling as a full-time Christian minister.
“I gave up basketball to follow Jesus,” Griffin said.

The decision, it seems, came on gradually.
In fact, only as a teenager living through the worst year in recent memory did Griff …