Preacher's Piece

There is a young man in our congregation who is in the military and was deployed to Afghanistan. We decided we were going to send him a care package from home a couple times a month. A family in our church volunteered to be in charge and every week people brought in tasty treats and other items which were then sent overseas to our serviceman. He was gone for several months.

Upon his return to the states, he arrived at his home early on a Sunday morning. He came to church a few hours later and thanked us all for the treats and for making him so popular with his unit. After church, I asked him:...