Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
The current issue of World magazine arrived in our mail today. I looked at the photos on the table of contents page, matching them up to their articles. Then I looked at the two-page spread with photos and quotes and stuff. Then I looked at the two articles in the back.
The last article didn’t interest me enough to read it. (Sorry, Marvin!)
But the next-to-the-last article (yes, I’m a Seu fan, I confess), I read. Until I got to this line: Read it all
At the window, perhaps sitting, perhaps standing…
Hand upraised (most of the time), likely waving…
Mouth open briefly, murmuring… Read it all
We have our own cemetery here at Hopewell Mennonite Church. But we rarely have funerals in our meeting house for capacity reasons. Yesterday afternoon, though, we hosted the Oregon funeral for former member Marion Schrock who died in Indiana. And this afternoon we had the funeral for Roger Jones, one of our newest members.
So we have two new graves in our cemetery. Here they are, still empty… Read it all
Yes, it made me think of Nevada: The barren landscape, the carved canyons, the shadows cast by the recently risen sun.
Ruby wondered if I meant Read it all
I am to speak on that subject at our congregation this coming Sunday evening. I intend my presentation to be practical help for Sunday School teachers and Vacation Bible School teachers, for school teachers, and for other public speakers at church events. I hope it has its inspirational moments for the other listeners as well. 🙂
I don’t know if I have 20 minutes or 40 — I think I’ll find out Sunday morning. That gives me the afternoon to adjust my notes accordingly.
Monday evening I started jotting down random notes, here’s what I have so far: Read it all
Attention: Hubbard and Woodburn, Oregon!
It’s almost time for Summer Bible School (aka, Vacation Bible School)!
The Case of the Misaligned Government Arrow