Pastor’s Blog
Redirection: Mark 9:6-7
There's a joke used in movies and sitcoms sometimes of the jaded teacher's lounge: a sad, dim place filled with tired adults smoking and ignoring the kids. The kids are up to their shenanigans, and the teachers either yell or ignore them. No energy to attempt patient redirection anymore. There's another joke used sometimes about the bright-eyed, eager young teacher who thinks he or she can change the world. Both stereotypes are often played against one another. The kids have worn down teacher after teacher, and they'll get this next one eventually too..., or will they?
Feet in the Net: Psalm 25:15
There's a show on Netflix called The Floor is Lava, on which teams of contestants are told to get from one end of the room to the other without touching the floor, which is covered in four or five feet of bubbling red water ("lava"). They have to jump from one piece of furniture to another to do so. On one episode, there was a giant cargo net that contestants could release from the ceiling and then jump to.