Ruth

Just this week I've started teaching the Book of Ruth again, this time to women at my church (over the summer I hosted friends in my home). I could study and teach this book every semester...not only is it a fantastic short story, but the characters are timeless. Good literature is most often remembered--at least in my opinion--because of the characters. Whether lovable or dispicable, they stick in our minds long after we put the book down. Ruth is no different.

During my tenure as a camp counselor (ah, college!), our directors took us through a personality test as part of our staff orientation. Developed by Gary Smalley and John Trent, this test identified four basic personalities by animal: lion, otter, beaver, retriever. They correspond roughly to the DiSC test (lion:dominant; otter: influence; retriever: steadiness; beaver: compliance).