when your counter helping the person who is homeless, thursday, starting -- homeless, ,hirsty, starving, grieving you may catch a glimpse of god passing through. for me, it is just a glimpse. i am suspicious of people who have all the answers. that is where i found it. it is not looking up and pleading with the heavens. it is me getting down and trying to lift somebody else up. that is when i feel the presence of god. it is a selfish thing for me. i feel good when i do. i know i am helping them, but it is affirming for me. i know you know what i am talking about tavis: in . tavis: amen. you have students. what are you teaching them? >> i am teaching at usc's masters of professional writing program. i am also working on a tv show. i am trying to teach my students to tell the truth. tavis: that is so rare these days. >> the truth means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. can you write something that can help someone get it through their life? can you write something that makes a sense -- to me what it means to be human. i saw this story last night about science fiction