Sharing Christ’s Peace
I share an illustration I came across as I worked on my Message for Sunday (based on the healing of the bleeding woman through touching Jesus). At Holy Faith we have an active and sincere sharing of Christ’s peace in worship. As the Lord’s Supper is the pinnacle of worship and receiving God’s grace and peace through His Word the heart of our worship, the sharing of Christ’s peace plays an important part as we share with each other the healing power of what we have received in Christ! Here it is:
Touch in Church
What is all this touching in church? It used to be a person could come to church and sit in the pew and not be bothered by all this friendliness and certainly not by touching. I used to come to church and leave untouched. Now I have to be nervous about what’s expected of me. I have to worry about responding to the person sitting next to me. Oh, I wish it could be the way it used to be; I could just ask the person next to me: How are you? And the person could answer: Oh, just fine, And we’d both go home…strangers who have known each other for twenty years.