A church caught on fire. An elderly man came running to join the others who had come to throw water. After the fire was under control, the minister said to the old gent, "Why, John, this is the first time I've ever seen you at church!" John replied, "This is the first time I've ever seen this church on fire."

Many have reduced the number of visits to the neighborhood church. They are, perhaps, tired of unpolished, irrelevant sermons. Perhaps the worship is done by rote and boring, not inspirational, but dull. Maybe the welcoming mat is gone. A lady went to church. She parked her car. Someone said, "You took my parking place." She took a seat in the third row, right on the aisle. The stare she got from the man next to her said it all, "You took the place of my wife who will soon come to si…