Mount Calvary Sermons

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 2015 MARK 5:21-43 This week I’ve been thinking about superstitions. It’s something you more or less have to think about when you watch baseball. You are confronted with it with every at-bat, it seems. Batters kissing jewelry, pitchers pointing to the sky, fielders deliberately wearing odd socks. I’ve even heard that there once a Major League player who always carried a cheese sandwich in his hip pocket. Like, what did he think was going to happen if he ran onto the field without his sandwich? Would the stadium collapse? The other reason I’ve been thinking about this subject is that someone lent me a talisman. One that you secure to the top of your dashboard, via its Velcro bottom. I’ve brought it to show you, even though most of you won’t be able to see him. It’s a Pope bobblehead. And the likeness is uncanny. He’s got his arms out in papal benediction, and as you drive he will wiggle his head for you. I find it.....   Read the