Funny moments

Brett preached last night. Brett. The one who won't go to college for anything, as it stands right now.

He's a natural. Just like I think Bart's a natural at counseling, Brett's a natural pulpit preacher--or maybe he's a Mark Lowry for the next generation. I'm not sure.

It was one of those sermons that keeps you laughing, then smacks you between the eyes. He'd used 2 Tim. 4 for his text. He used Bart and his speeding ticket, for the most-part, for his illustrations. He used himself, as well. One of the funniest moments was right at the beginning when he said he didn't know if he wanted to preach because, well, he wanted Bart to be better than he was at something, but "...then Bart got this speeding ticket, so HE became the bad Reid boy, so I figured, 'Why not?'"

As I said, Bart was pretty much beaten up in a loving way, and everyone got a kick out of it; but then, at the end, Brett used an illustration of a man who went to a more private school, I believe, and one day he found that the bathrooms were not being cleaned properly. He went to the principal of the school and complained. He'd done his duty. He went back to his room. Later, he went into the bathroom and there was the principal, cleaning it. He learned servanthood from that example.

One simple question elicited groans from some in the crowd: "Are you a complainer or are you a servant?"

With that, he sat down. That was all it took.

Then Mike got up and said, "OK, if anyone here besides Bart needs to repent..." =)


Another one:

Mike has always said that our congregation can use you and your talents, regardless, so I said, OK, my talents fall with teens, I think. Let's ask the youth minister where I can fit in.

The YM's reply in a nutshell: we don't need you there.

Go figure.