Reaves spent the night with LP last night and I got a call around bedtime asking me to come and go to church with them. Our original plan was Lambuth but the Lord called us to Bemis UMC where Reaves and Alex have been going to Wednesday night kids' things. It's a quaint historic building in South Jackson with enough history to fill a book. One guy ( the songleader who used to play in rock bands ) showed us the hitching post for horses that still stands up front. There was a picture of us that hasn't been posted because we were all just happy to be together. It just so happened to be the second Sunday for the new pastor who stuck with the lectionary and preached about the sermon on the lake. Jesus out in the boat fishing for souls! There was much talk about throwing seeds around even on non-fertile soul. Like on the beaten path and in the briars. At the end, it was all about how meeting people where they are and being gracious and welcoming is what makes believers of us.
As a Christian I embrace all other religions that believe in one true God. aka Big Ernie. Christians cannot agree on the right way so who are we to judge. I asked one elderly lady at Bemis today if they had dis-affiliated. Her response was "Honey, we don't enough members to vote!" That struck a chord with me because of what has happened to my home church, Dyersburg FUMC. I don't understand it, but I remain a member for life. Reaves calls that the "big red carpet church." That is who we were for many years. Now, we are down to the true believers.
Watch out for Canadian smoke. Looks pretty hazy here in the South ^j^
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