Columns & Opinions
A couple of good jokes from Ashley Karl
On page 2A in this week’s paper there is a map of everyone’s address that is participating in this year’s Citywide Garage Sale so you can plan your shopping days this weekend.
‘And the Word became flesh’
“And the Word became flesh and lived among us” (John 1). A minister waiting for his flight was spending some of his time browsing in the airport gift shop. He was in a small section of the store that featured patriotic souvenirs and memorabilia. He noticed one particular item that was first an oddity, then an amazement, and finally something of a parable. It was a shiny copper plate kept under glass to keep its polished surface untarnished.
Bearing fruit
Itaught on the Parable of the Sower on Sunday (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23). Not only do we find the unbelieving world hard hearted, superficial and worldly but sometimes we have to raise our hands and say, “Me too.”