The Secrets We Keep: Reflections on Mark 1:29-39

January 30, 2012 by Alyce McKenzie

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An old dunkard gentleman (dunkards are a group related to the Church of the Brethren) was once walking down the street in a little Pennsylvania town. A young evangelist approached him and handed him a tract, and asked him "Sir, have you been saved?" The old gentleman took the tract, peered at it a moment, then pulled a pencil out of his pocket and began writing on the tract. The younger man stood by impatient and curious. Finally the old man handed him back his tract.

"I've written down the names and phone numbers of several of my family and friends. Ask them if I've been saved. I could tell you anything."

If we are living faithful lives, seeking to serve others and love them as Christ loved us, it's no secret to anyone.

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Alyce M. McKenzie is the George W. and Nell Ayers Le Van Professor of Preaching and Worship at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

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