THE HAND OF LOVE
Thomas Phillips of St. Albans Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware sent in this story which he found in a sermon by Fred Craddock of the Chandler School of Theology. It was in a book of sermons edited by James W. Cox called The Twentieth Century Pulpit Vol II (Abingdon) p. 51. Let me tell you a story. A family is out for a drive on a Sunday afternoon. It is a pleasant afternoon, and they relax as they drive down the highway. Suddenly the two children begin to beat their father in the back: “Daddy, Daddy, stop the car! Stop the car! There’s a kitten back there on the side of the road!” The father says, “So there’s a kitten on the side of the road. We’re having a drive.” “But Daddy, you must stop and pick it up.” He replies he doesn’t have to. But the children insist that if they don’t it will die. The father says, “That’s…
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