Sunday, September 04, 2005 AD Unexpected Eric's out of town, so we had a guest preacher. Turned out to be someone I know: Steven Badorf is an RUF guy who happens to work on the campus where two of my oldest and dearest friends are on the faculty, and has become good friends with them, too. In fact, one of Steve's illustrations was a story about preaching at the funeral of Joe's father. I had, of course, attended the funeral, which was, incidentally, where I first met Steve. So not only was it unexpected for a friend to show up in the pulpit, it was unexpected for another friend to show up in the sermon itself. The overall effect was to remind me of the breadth of the body of Christ. I met Joe and his wife at the church where I grew up. Later we both joined another church on the same day. Steve currently attends FCF, where I was a member before joining CREC. When we came to the Lord's Table, I rejoiced in the fact that I was communing not only with the folks who were present in that room, but also with the brethren at Long Green and Faith and across the country and around the world and even in heaven. Another overall effect was to prove how foolish I had been not to buy the waterproof mascara! Posted by Valerie (Kyriosity) at 9/04/2005 09:57:00 PM
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