Russell Williams
Well-Known Member
Sunday during the children sermon the minister talked of the importance of having a loving father and of how all of the children present have a loving father who cared for them just like God is the loving father of all of us and cares for us.
(I started wondering about the something like 65% of black children are born to unmarried women and 35 to 45% of nonblack children are born to unmarried women. How would such a sermon go over with children from that kind of background? Then I started wondering, "Now, many heterosexual couples see no need to be married while many same-sex couples are fighting for the opportunity to be married. I suppose one could argue that the homosexual couples are setting a good example for the heterosexual couples."
The following is off topic but might be of some interest to some:
The minister had chosen Father's Day as a good day to bless the bikes and asked for people to bring their bikes to church so that after church he could bless the bikes. I wondered how many people would ride their bicycles to church. I knew that I would try to ride my recumbent tricycle to church. I rode my tricycle to church and chained it up near the church door. After church I rode my tricycle over to the church parking lot so I could be among all the other bicycles that had come to church that day. I found out that I was the only one who had interpreted the word bikes to mean bicycles. I proudly took my place among the Harley Davison's, the BMWs, I think there was a Vespa there, and received the blessing of the bikes and also joined with the others in having our picture taken for the church newsletter.
(I started wondering about the something like 65% of black children are born to unmarried women and 35 to 45% of nonblack children are born to unmarried women. How would such a sermon go over with children from that kind of background? Then I started wondering, "Now, many heterosexual couples see no need to be married while many same-sex couples are fighting for the opportunity to be married. I suppose one could argue that the homosexual couples are setting a good example for the heterosexual couples."
The following is off topic but might be of some interest to some:
The minister had chosen Father's Day as a good day to bless the bikes and asked for people to bring their bikes to church so that after church he could bless the bikes. I wondered how many people would ride their bicycles to church. I knew that I would try to ride my recumbent tricycle to church. I rode my tricycle to church and chained it up near the church door. After church I rode my tricycle over to the church parking lot so I could be among all the other bicycles that had come to church that day. I found out that I was the only one who had interpreted the word bikes to mean bicycles. I proudly took my place among the Harley Davison's, the BMWs, I think there was a Vespa there, and received the blessing of the bikes and also joined with the others in having our picture taken for the church newsletter.
