TRINITY (General)

As you may have noticed, the theme listed in today’s bulletin after "sermon" is Snoring Through Sermons. I suspect some might read that line with some delight, wondering what we’re really going to say about the guy who’s been sitting in front of us, nodding Sunday after Sunday.

And the guy who has been doing the nodding may well be sitting in fear and trepidation, wondering what we are going to say about his sleeping habits.

The matter of napping through sermons has become the source of many jokes and humorous stories. And although we could do so, since a pulpit is a perfect location for seeing what goes on in the pew, we really have no intention of naming names or embarassing anyone in particular.

Nor do we intend to reinstitute the practice of the early Puritan churches whe…