![]() ![]() In the book of Judges Israel is caught in a very destructive cycle. The first three verses of this chapter are typical for the book of Judges. But instead of a pesky reporter dropping in, a pesky God decides to show up and change those ordinary lives forever. Ordinary people, doing ordinary things, living ordinary lives. His stories reminded me a lot of the stories I read in the Bible. One of things I loved about this news segment is that Steve found some of the most unlikely people, in the most unlikely places, who have lived through and done some of the most unlikely things. But for years Steve Hartman proved that everybody has a story. Even Steve admitted he wasn’t sure his idea would work. He believed that ordinary people, living ordinary lives, in ordinary places had stories that the rest of us would want to hear and might even help us live our own little, ordinary lives. One of my absolutely favorite news segments was “Everybody Has a Story.” Journalist Steve Hartman had this absolutely cockamamie idea that a person didn’t need to be rich, or famous, or even a celebrity to have a story. Probably because it has some of my favorite people in the Bible. I wrote this sermon eight or nine years ago, and it is still one of my favorites. ![]() You really should read the entire chapter, verses 1-24. Unfortunately, the reading stops before the story really gets going and gets good. This weeks Old Testament reading (Proper 28A/Ordinary 33A/Pentecost +22) is Judges 4:1-7. ![]()
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