Two parables.
1. I often tell my students that your greatest evangelical tool is your smile. It works! I then go around the room and smile at each student until their natural inclination occurs and they smile back at me. I then ask them to imagine how many people will go to bed tonight without having one person look at them and smile. You know the feeling, someone sees you and their face just lights up in a smile, how wonderful that makes you feel. Well go out and do that. This parable was reinforced in me this morning as I turned the corner and saw the smiley sponge and caught myself smiling back at it.
2. I had read my Bible, The Puritan Prayer Book, New Morning Mercies, and A Long Obedience in the Same Direction. I had prayed, meditated, celebrated, and worshiped. It is my morning routine. I then threw a blanket over my legs to protect me from the coldness of my MacBook Pro as I placed it on my lap to write. At that moment I wondered if there was something in my Eden-primordial spirit that knew this thing was evil and I didn’t need to let it touch me.
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