Posted on Saturday 7 January 2012
Sunday School that day was consolidated and we had a guest speaker. He talked about evolution and how it was that it was impossible for evolution to have happened. God created everything and he had a compelling story to tell. As he talked, my mind wandered a bit. I have always had a wandering mind. While sitting in the main auditorium there at Immanuel Church in Holland, Michigan, I would sometimes count the tiles in the ceiling, or count the squares in the wooden lattice that covered the loudspeaker ports. The loudspeakers were in small rooms flanking the choir loft, just under the eaves in this auditorium. The grills were about four feet by eight feet and the lattice covering was squares within squares. It was a challenge to count them all and get it right. These mind exercises often happened when the sermon got boring. (more…)