Not too many years ago I noticed that politicians began to underline their message by an extended . . . knuckle. I found it odd. Some analysts must have determined that people may not like to have someone point a finger toward them. So now it’s politically taboo.

In common human interaction the finger’s posture emphasizes or minimizes your words.

Pointed index finger: commanding, confident, sincere, resolute, focused, committed, certain.

Protruding knuckle: measured, cautious, in-control, studious, hiding, insincere, halfway, secretive, weak, calculating, wimpy.

I chafe at seeing people use a knuckle and not a finger to make their point. The knuckle merely pretends to make a point. It wants others to perceive it as making a point when it only makes a nub. It wants credit for being a finger without going all out.

I wonder, if our faith was a finger, what would be its posture?