No Sin, No Service
Rev. Michael L. Thompson
Woodhaven Presbyterian Church
February 7, 2010 — Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 9: 9-13
For those of you were here last week when I talked about my passion for signs, I’ve got one more for you this week and then I promise to leave them alone. Not too long ago I saw a sign that I hadn’t seen in a long time, but it was a very familiar sign that I remember from my childhood. It is a sign that used to appear in a lot of different restaurants: “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service.” I find myself wondering, was this a problem in the past? Did people walk into these places and realize, “Oh my goodness, I forgot my shirt … oh, and my shoes, too?” Is it a community-wide issue that has significance for the whole community, or is it just a sign to remind people that we’re not like that hole-in-the-wall restaurant down on the corner?
(… excerpt from podcast)
