Little Orphan Annie Complex
Lions And Cows Dining Together
And 111 Other Sermon Ideas
Purpose Statement: We need to deal with our fear of growing old.
"Fear" may not be the right word, however most people do not want to grow old. If we could, many of us might choose perpetual youth and become like Little Orphan Annie, Dagwood and Blondie, or their children. These folks found the fountain of youth as Annie appeared on the scene as a youth in 1924 and remained a youth ever since. Alexander and Cookie Bumstead have been children or teenagers for fifty or sixty years. The incongruity doesn't seem to bother us; what does bother us is our growing old. We can: