Four Things on Friday
July 5, 2019
An Interesting
Article/Podcast
On Sunday, the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team will play against
the Netherlands for the FIFA World Cup. That’s pretty exciting stuff. Women’s
sports, however, are a relatively new thing on the modern stage. I was born the
year that Title IX became law. (Title IX is the law that was used to require
schools to provide opportunities for girls’ sports. And, yes, that’s a gross
over-simplification.) The Thread works its way backward through history,
starting with the 1999 Women’s World Cup which the U.S. team famously won on
Brandi Chastain’s shootout goal, to examine how women’s sports have gotten to
where they are today. It’s a fascinating topic, even if it is not churchy or
theological.
Bible Verse I’m
Pondering
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send our laborers into
His harvest.” – Jesus, quoted in Luke 10:2
One Good Thing
This Week
The holiday week has been rather quiet. It is vacation
time and I think the traffic at church reflects that. One of those vacationers
is Becka, our office administrator. She definitely deserves the time off! That
being said, the folks who have stepped up to keep things running in the office
have been tremendous. As I observe their work, it seems to me that one of the
reasons they are helping out is because they love Becka (and the church). It’s
a good thing when love moves people to help.
Our Scripture
readings for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost are:
Over the years I have learned that those who read the
Scripture lessons and spend a little time thinking about them before church on
Sunday get more out of the service.
Luke 10:1-20
Isaiah 66:10-14
Galatians 6:1-10, 14-18
Psalm 66:1-7
The sermon is: The Harvest
There will be no Four Things on Friday on
July 12 or 19, or if there is, consider it a bonus. I will be traveling a lot
July 10-26, first with the National Youth Gathering and then with our last
family trip of the summer.
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