Tuesday, January 25, 2000
Tuesday, January 25, 2000
Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender
heart, and a humble mind.
Through our baptism, may we all experience the living water of God, and may we all become one
in Christ Jesus!
(1 Peter 3:8
NRSV)
Several years ago, the St. Charles Avenue Christian Church in New Orleans, which is affiliated
with the Disciples of Christ denomination, had a serious fire in the sanctuary. In the pre-dawn
darkness after the fire was extinguished the assistant fire chief, a Roman Catholic, wandered into
the church to inspect the damage to the ceiling. Looking upward with his flashlight he failed to
notice where he was stepping. Suddenly he tripped over something on the floor and fell into the
church's baptistry. Ironically it was filled with water from the fire hoses. Pulling himself out, the
assistant fire chief stumbled and sputtered into the street. He noticed the fire department chaplain
coming by and he asked, "Father, who are those people in there?" The chaplain replied, "They're
the Disciples of Christ." The chief, still soaked from his plunge into the baptistry, responded,
"Well Father, I don't know anything about them but it looks like I'm one of them now."
God of peace, full me full of your living water, as I work to bring unity to your people. Amen.
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