Forgive One Another
Many years ago, as a young pastor, serving a small but growing church, I preached a three-part series of Sunday sermons on the topic of forgiveness. At the end of the service on the second Sunday of the series, a woman approached me at the door, with her husband at her side. Like many others leaving the building, she reached out and gave me hug, during which she whispered in my ear, “One more sermon like that and we’re out of here.” She then smiled at me and began to walk tow