Not Much to Look at, But… – 04/03/2011

Fourth Sunday in Lent

Sermon text: 1 Samuel 16:1-13

I really had no idea what was involved in a political campaign: Collecting signatures; talking to people; waving signs at people in their cars and trying to make eye contact; making commercials; asking for money; going to umpteen hobnob, grip and grin gatherings; listening to candidates talk (sometimes droning on and on) about their positions on everything related to city government; did I mention sign-waving?; wearing appropriate t-shirts and placing political signs in your yard; writing the lyrics for a campaign theme song; getting yelled at, ignored, saluted with that dreaded one finger salute; and oh yeah, did I mention sign-waving? … Read full sermon here (PDF).