Several people responded to my post and provided the movie that I was looking for for Sunday. Thanks.
I'm so excited about the message tomorrow. How to care for my neighbor. Here's a thought that won't make it into the message tomorrow, but is interesting... A study was done on the Good Samaritan principle among seminary students. (Seminary is grad school for pastors.) The experiment was carried out by telling these pastors-to-be that they were required to preach on "the Good Samaritan" at another building in the city. Along the way the researchers "planted" a mugging scene. The preachers had to walk right past them to get to the building where they were to supposedly preach. Only half the preachers stopped to help the victim. Which half? Only the ones who felt they had a margin of time. Half of the preachers were taken that way with only a few minutes till the appointed time of their message; the other half were escorted early.
The bottom line. How we handle the margins of time in our life reflects on how we care for our neighbors.
Think about that...
--Ben
1 comment:
In the words of cousin Eddy from Christmas Vacation ".. you serious-Clark".
Thats an amazing perspective. Thanks for sharing.
Nels
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