RoboPreacher

all the work of my hands Three basic story shapes: Vertical Axis, Good/Bad (G/B). And horizontal Axis, Start/End (S/E) 1) Rags to riches (Princess and the pea) Climbs G/B Axis 2) Just Desserts (Icarus) Descends G/B Axis 3) Most Common ( action , romcoms , sports , hero ) First descends G/B Axis, then climbs back up The problem with these shapes, though, is assumes we know more than we really do… Because often what looks Good, turns out to be BAD; and what looks Bad, turns out to be GOOD! Doesn’t it? Real life confirms this. Something of a comfort to see this played out throughout the Bible! We’re in the third chapter of Ruth today, but this whole book is great . And , at a nice, tidy four chapters, it’s manageable. So, let’s take a look at its shape : First ; Ruth begins noting this story takes place in the time of the Judges .   In fact, Ruth comes after the book of Judges! (Nice, huh?) And Judges...

i might give satan a swirly A sermon from the Third Chapter of Ruth : We all want to be people of character , don’t we? And while we all define that a little differently; it’s fair to say that the kind of life we’re looking to lead looks remarkably similar from person to person… What matters to you ? What do you want your life to look like? What do you want it to be marked by, to include???   * Go ahead ; call out some qualities: (Happiness, love, gratitude, joy, family, peace, generosity, security) Anything else??? But that’s pretty much what really matters, isn’t it?   If we could all just stay focused on those few things, we’d all probably be a lot happier. Wouldn’t we? But that’s the rub, isn’t it? Because it’s not that easy. There’s so much else that fights for our attention and energy… …Which is why Ruth is such a compelling person of faith. I mean, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to be a little sad next week, when we ...