A few things that I did not know about Pastor F, came to light as I took my turn to serve as scripture reader this morning.  A note on the wall indicated that he should be added to the prayer list because his “cancer has metastasized” (spread).

I did not know before today that he had cancer at all.  In hindsight it explains a lot about the church’s embrace of him as a person in spite of his radical politics from the pulpit.

Not long ago we did a choir anthem titled “Hymn of the Spirit”, which had one line in it that struck me as out of place: “Teach our tongues to be silent when they should.”  Since when is the Holy Spirit about keeping silent, I wondered.  I guess I have my answer now.

I’m normally not a fan of unilateral disarmament, but I now know I must lay politics aside, even as I know he may not, and put all my prayers to him.