Fingertip Embalming
John 20:24-31
Sermon
by Louis H. Valbracht

Have you ever noticed? It seems that there is always one at every party. No matter how carefully you select the guests, there is always one - the wet blanket, the killjoy, the party pooper, the spoilsport, the kind of person to whom you’d like to say: "I never forget a face, but in your case, I’m going to make an exception."

I am reminded of the mother whom I was visiting in a home and, as we visited, the sounds of the children’s hilarity was coming up from the family room below. Finally, the mother got up and shouted down the stairs: "What’s going on down there?" And a plaintive little voice came up: "Nothing, we’re just having fun." "Well, stop it!" How typical! How typical, not only of such a situation, but of you and me.

It happens every Easter celebration. It happened at the first one. …

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