Living Together
Rev. Michael L. Thompson
Woodhaven Presbyterian Church
January 17, 2010 - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
I Corinthians 11:23 - 12:11
A minister friend of mine tells the story that is uncomfortably familiar to me, and perhaps to you as well. He was walking briskly through an airport on his way toward the departure gate and he had just enough time left to sort of dart into one of those little stands along the way and to pick up a candy bar and a newspaper. And so as he picked up the two items and he went to check out, the woman who was the checker, the young woman, was standing there talking on her cell phone, and he thought, “Oh great, this is just wonderful.” And so he handed her a ten dollar bill and she made change, only she shortchanged him just a few dollars. Well, he got angry. It reminded him of the decline of courtesy and just common decency that seems to be happening so frequently in our lives today. “I’m sorry,” she mouthed, while she continued to talk on the phone, which just made him more angry.
(…excerpt from podcast)
