A Little Bit of Preaching by Tom
Mine is Around about Here
Description: Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus in Ocean Pines, Maryland
Mandi recently graduated from high school. She’s a lover of Shakespeare and a bright young lady with a promising future as an educator. Yet I remember a time when her verbal abilities far outshone her literary skills. It was her third birthday, and she sat next to her dad as she opened a card from Terri. Mandi’s eyes shone wide as three one-dollar bills fell out, and she immediately dropped the card to collect the money. Her dad said, “Well wait, Mandi—you didn’t even look at the card. What does it say?” Wi
Words. As a high school English teacher, a former preacher, and a newspaper reporter before that, words have always been the tools with which I ply my trade. I believe in the power of words. I love how the Bible refers to Jesus as “the Word”—He is God’s way of communicating most clearly and effectively with human beings. (For a vivid example, see the first chapter of the Gospel of John.)
That’s why I froze a couple years ago when we were studying Romeo and Juliet and Aaron, one of my all-time favorite students, quipped, “Why does Shakespeare use so many extra words?” I froze because dozens of possible replies jammed in my mouth all at once. Simply put, Shakespeare uses “so many extra words” because his desire is to communicate.
A Little Bit of Preaching by Tom
Mine is Around about Here