Object: A picture of yourself as a child and a loudly ticking clock [or a bright but constant light]
This morning, boys and girls, I'm going to try answering a question many of you have asked. People say to me, "Why is church almost always the same?" In some churches they sing the same songs every Sunday, they pray the same prayers and use the same faces, like those of the minister and the organist and the choir. Perhaps the answer is that once you have the best, why change? But that would not be right, because we all know that everything we do can stand improvement. Then why not change? Would God be angry if we changed? No, God would not be angry because God doesn't get angry. I think the best answer we have is that we all like to do things we do well, and we all like things that are fam…