A boy stopped with interest...
A boy stopped with interest before the bronze plaque in the vestibule of a big downtown church. "What are all those names up there?" he asked one of the ushers. "Those are the names of people who died in the service," explained the usher. The little boy scratched his head and asked, "The 9:30 a.m. service or the 11:00 p.m. one?" It is right that we honor men and women in the congregation. However, the mention of the bronze plaque reminds me of some words of a Quaker, Elton Trueblood. In his bookon The Humor of Christ, Trueblood wrote about gospel irony. He recalled Christ's words on rewards.
