... it was finished. Ralph, age eleven, Akron Dear Pastor, I know God loves everybody, but God never met my sister. Sincerely, Arnold, age eight, Nashville Dear Pastor, Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been a good boy all week. I ... a cold. Yours truly, Annette, age nine, Albany Stories like this one are told on "Joyful Sunday": Leading a chapel service for a Charlotte (North Carolina) Lutheran School, I called for a volunteer to read the Bible lesson. I asked, "What's your name?" "Mark," the lad ...
... dangerous ones, affecting vital organs, can be fatal. The porcupine is not generally regarded as a lovable animal, Ortberg continues. Books and movies celebrate almost every other conceivable animal. Dogs, cats, horses, pigs like Babe or Arnold Ziffel in the old TV show Green Acres spiders as in Charlotte’s Web dolphins like Flipper bears like Gentle Ben and killer whales as in Free Willy. Even skunks have Pepe Le Pew. There are no famous porcupines. “As a general rule, porcupines have two methods for ...
3. Porcupines
Mark 4:35-41
Illustration
King Duncan
... dangerous ones, affecting vital organs, can be fatal. The porcupine is not generally regarded as a lovable animal, Ortberg continues. Books and movies celebrate almost every other conceivable animal. Dogs, cats, horses, pigs like Babe or Arnold Ziffel in the old TV show Green Acres, spiders as in Charlotte's Web, dolphins like Flipper, bears like Gentle Ben, and killer whales as in Free Willy. Even skunks have Pepe Le Pew. There are no famous porcupines. "As a general rule, porcupines have two methods for ...
