So, this Sunday, you could turn off the sanctuary’s A.C.
Or, you northerners who don’t have it, keep the windows closed.
Put a sign on each one: “Windows need to stay closed today.”
Hope that it’s a hot one.
Let the people start to grumble, at least to themselves.
And then after this text is read, ask everyone to think
Of someone they consider to be a true disciple of Jesus,
Living or dead, famous or just a neighbor they...
Remembering Jesus on a hot one
A poem by Scott Barton on Matthew 10:40–42.
Photo by manu schwendener on Unsplash
