Hello, out there! Does anyone care?

This is the 19th of these postings that I have done, and each week, I dutifully check to see if anyone has responded. The answer is always the same. "Nope. No responses again." And then I go to our website for the church (cojumc.net) to see if anyone has posted a prayer candle. and the answer. "Nope. No prayer request again." And then I wonder whether it is because no one reads what we have, or that no one takes the time to respond.

And then I sit down at my keyboard and write another blog in the hope that somehow it will touch just one person. And I put a prayer request on the website, in the hope that it will help just one person. And I keep doing it because, I believe that sharing is an absolutely vital part of our relationship with God and with each other as part of the Body of Christ, both large and small. We are currently studying John Wesley's Methodist Movement in England and in colonial America, and we see the basic root which made that tree grow and flourish were small groups called "classes" which met weekly to account to each other for their lives and to support each other in times of trouble, and enjoy each other in good times as well.

In the 21st century, we seem to have passed by that good old sense of sharing. We often don't even send letters, but instead use E-mail. (And here I am right in the middle of that E-sharing) We don't get to look someone in the eye, hold a shaking hand, and simply share on a personal level, and that diminishes all of us. But if that is the way it is going to be, we can, at least, not isolate ourselves so much that we don't even share electronically.

Thanks for listening, and if you care to respond, I will be glad to hear from you.

Pastor Realff