Shuffling Papers

Typically, shuffling papers is not a good thing.

We shuffle papers on our desk absentmindedly. The beaucracy of the DMV shuffles papers in triplicate through red tape.

However, on Sunday morning for the first time that I can remember, I heard shuffling papers. It wasn't fumbling through the hymnal or playing with the bulletin, there was a distinct shuffling of papers, of pages, from the Bible during the sermon.

Did you hear it?

Pens were in hand, Bibles were in laps, notes were taken, and pages were shuffled as we worked our way through the story of Noah's ark. It was a beautiful sound!

Stay with it. We've got only 43 more weeks to go. Bring your Bibles to church, go to the pastor's class that fills in the details, read the Taking it Home and talk to your children about their Sunday School lesson, too. They are learning about the same stories.

Oh, yeah, and shuffle those papers!

Peace,
Pastor Scott