A word from Senior Pastor, Rev. Brock Bomkamp

A Mother's Touch

I have heard of different kinds of Mother's Day gifts and of some strange or unique items auctioned on eBay, but Dan Baber managed to do both a few years ago.

Dan honored his mother by posting an eBay auction titled "Best Mother in the World." The winning bidder would receive an email from his mom, Sue Hamilton, that Baber promised would "make you feel like you are the most special person on the Earth."

How did people respond to Baber's offer? During the auction's seven-day run, 42,711 people took a look. Ninety-two bid, pushing the price from a $1 opening to a $610 closing." *

I'm sure that the first few bids were made for the novelty of the auction, but as the price increased, there was something far deeper going on. How hungry we are for the gentle touch of love. It is something we long for and desperately need. Even Paul would use a mother's touch as an example of how we should treat one another in the church.

Perhaps if we showed each other the loving care we should, we wouldn't have to look for it on eBay. "but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children."
1 Thessalonians 2:7 (NIV)

See you Sunday,
George

* Source: Focus on the Family: Citizen (July 2002), p. 12