If you saw the “Places in the Heart,” starring Sally Field, you will probably never forget the closing scene. Many in the audience and most critics could not believe what they were seeing. The scene is set in a small and simple sanctuary lit Texas. Everyone who figures in the movie drama is seated there in the pews. The camera moves in on the preacher at the pulpit, and he reads the moving cadences of the apostle Paul’s great hymn on love from 1 Corinthians 13.-We hear again how faith, hope and love outlast everything else. Then the ushers begin to pass communion trays. The camera follows the tray down the pew persons take the elements and pass the tray to the one sitting next to them, the camera focuses on their faces. Then each person passes the peace to his or her neighbor saying, “The …
In the House of the Lord
Psalm 23:1-6
Psalm 23:1-6
Sermon
by Maxie Dunnam
by Maxie Dunnam
ChristianGlobe Networks, Inc., Collected Sermons, by Maxie Dunnam