He shares the story about a parishioner, Mrs. Eva Penkert:
“Back in 1978, fresh out of seminary, I was appointed pastor of the United Methodist Church in Orfordville, Wisconsin, about thirty miles south of Madison, near the Illinois border. About thirty people attended worship at that church on a normal Sunday, one of whom was Mrs. Eva Penkert. Eva was 77 years old when I met her, and she had been a lifelong member of that church. She was a widow, bent nearly double with the cares of a long, hard life, and her fingers were twisted by arthritis. Yet she was in church every Sunday, without fail, occupying the third pew from the front.”
To read Dr. Steele’s full post about Mrs. Penkert and the value of a good book, including a six-volume set of Bible commentaries by Methodist theologian, Adam Clarke, click here: http://bit.ly/1RRxdc8
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