You probably have not noticed that sometimes pastors are very strange people. Oh! You have noticed. Anyway, I heard about a pastor who stopped in at a convenience store where he selected an item that cost 50 cents. When he got to the cashier, however, he discovered he didn’t have any money with him. So, he thought he would have a little fun with the cashier. “I could invite you to hear me preach as payment for this item,” he said to her, “but I’m afraid I don’t have any fifty-cent sermons.”

“Perhaps,” suggested the cashier, “I could come twice.” Boy, that hurt!

Preaching is difficult business. How in a world that has embraced great spectacles at our sporting events and spectacular special effects in our motion pictures can the lowly pastor compete for people’s attention?

Rev. David Harr…