A Sermon For Year C Proper 17
Copyright © 2007 Nathan L. Bostian
Based on Hebrews 13:1-8 and Luke 14:1-14
Copyright © 2007 Nathan L. Bostian
Based on Hebrews 13:1-8 and Luke 14:1-14
SERMON: Did you ever watch cartoons on TV when you were a kid? How about last night on cartoon network?
I loved cartoons. Every afternoon in third and fourth grade I would race home after school to watch my all-time favorite cartoon series: G.I. Joe- a REAL American Hero!
Like most kids growing up in Arkansas at the time, I loved guns, tanks, bombs, and explosions. And G.I. Joe supplied that yearning with an endless conflict between "the good guys", and bland, non-descript, faceless enemy called Cobra.
They were always locked in a properly-neutered, politically-correct, no-one-ever-really-dies war which never seemed to end… but which did seem to spawn the production of really cool gadgets and playsets, which my dad would pay hundreds of dollars to buy.
Looking back, it was kind of the macho equivalent of "Barbie Dolls".