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Donald Barnhouse tells a terrific story of a young man who went to the employment office of Western Union looking for a job delivering telegrams. The manager said he needed someone to start at once and asked if the young man would be willing to begin right then. "Well," said the boy, "there's one thing I must warn you about before I get started. I am psychologically so constituted that I cannot stand any scene of unhappiness. I'm only willing to deliver good news. Birth announcements, that's fine. Congratulations for success, fortunes that have been received, promotions, acceptance of marriages — all the joys and bliss news, that I'll deliver. But sickness and death and failure and all of that, that's alien to my nature. I just won't deliver them." It didn't take the manager very long to say, "I guess I'm still looking for the one that's gonna fill this job, because this responsibility requires that you also announce bad news." That's the job of one who delivers the gospel. It is wonderful Good News, but it isn't complete until the bad news is also delivered. — Donald Barnhouse  Quote this article on your site | Views: 235 | Print | E-mail
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Lectionary Passages for November 23rd 2008
[Year A]
Proper 29(34)
Sundays after Pentecost
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
Psalm 100
Matthew 25:31-46
Ephesians 1:15-23
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