Reflections on Faith &
Life for the Years of Winter…
In the Christ in Winter
column for April 25, I told of how Helen and I went to worship at the
Solsberry, IN church, where I started preaching when I was a nineteen year old
college sophomore—our first time back in 58 years--and how I closed the circle
when the current pastor there, Matt Whitaker, asked me to give the benediction.
At the start of that
worship service, Matt told this story: He was a kid in school. The teacher
asked him to solve a math problem. “What is ¾ of 5/16?” He didn’t have to do it
in his head. She gave him two minutes. That wasn’t enough, though.
When his time was up, he
said, “I don’t know the answer, but it’s too small to care about.” He was sent
to the office for being a smartass.
But the point is
well-taken. Some problems aren’t worth solving because the answer is too
insignificant to care about.
JRMcF
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