%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R 19 0 R ] /Count 2 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R /F5 12 0 R /F6 14 0 R >> /XObject << /I1 15 0 R /I2 16 0 R /I3 23 0 R /I4 24 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 17 0 R /GS2 18 0 R /GS3 21 0 R /GS4 22 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text /ImageC ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 1.0.2 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20250430073917+00'00') /ModDate (D:20250430073917+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1832 >> stream xXn)l_Z3H4pP m,,85c80<4组'In?glx^nsZt1WY%f߱oy &;I]^oyfc}T);}/.8zoR^ʼWՆU OÅ1?ʿ;)J&s6ݕ5w1МT}Ԥ21` ƪ#S7`&Li:=irlVO CyQoUna?4E7NvUYγ" //=~V{&f5?I ujYLEIGqIξyNPo߇qe]MVGDPmck qY4 W&٨-cDa߻ufｙNt$O4i]Uis]m lɇOpU - ^d1/A{M invD?T騎} bP Bx=d &ѧl'J^1;; Z/n'8 EʼnO>ʡ"E*cZi&P! Qq!4f@~!tNa f ^:oT <_ѱlwQ ۜE kx -;q=I?9uO(7hRkΞ9~Ej˷h^vXI*gt D UPdcxZ ,̀D] W.f;4R+R  o% x>jCy&ƭA*=m-Y1Y_&eL N؋O˄=H 9i0O)ip=o;3`fQagRAD ϓX (quF-ro.R7UiUOʱδFtN}cJVSud752G1j߶sgmea;p'@mGil(@99cnxܢ¬!lKJW}: 0lQQNL&:?FR+9589~{/@;PPEU=?Q}Ɏ{Qe'utlDfsk S^T+'2y;%= eRՀ~_e( $q1]et6ڳJ`KרMe/FQ #zy,ڿh J[JhӌeY'|s qs!xph3v`bU3[Ip4`=: ǰ~WAa0KVɒuegOZ%6%S¿XT+$fSGxT\)[ft}M=jlط:}ȮF_6 g endstream endobj 8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F5 /BaseFont /Times-Italic /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 13 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 14 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F6 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 15 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 550 /Height 140 /Filter /FlateDecode /DecodeParms << /Predictor 15 /Colors 1 /Columns 550 /BitsPerComponent 8>> /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 5329>> stream xqDǯ뺒$ILfff&I335Lf2\3I2L&_3$3I$d+$\W=9y9lLss99P`0 `0 `0 `0 !U_:~u = F~sZŻدns⃪Qg¢G(F[-s͓^ DZ>d>3Dr#\OΉ, ZFwjux<;4Ƀxز#_v?nO<|{7c(b{Oū}w[N e~Hs䎷wwOn<1B.k+%U=eԘ -mCj)t:}c'ϓ*n"-ovkZ?R"V%wʶ7s]eX&eǕq` 1-2e JYHCFOUam 7:(Ԙt_@ހN t{B~ :V@}o#7!z^&zFL:ʤn X<- %"bNWqF c` M'4?cH-V`ǵAF>=#Ěm75dB I&7E5<>-͏їFǿl3M6x]Y&)2 FoΌ N.<t i4wL\^=_|Fo؏IȄ ik$ɄL?{?|tmCޮ=~T&iTevϷ'奔s?EꋄLPY͹箵?@L:Aˤ3y_:9AtA*0qVe- e6g)%a}.qKcI V/xʤzM|\ HSql0;*%+Mذ-闛obebu2iU&lLbtIcxb5^B#8 ޮaʻ _ w>j+L:$"&O;bZ K1 jmU玫ݢ=S/J<WO2'_yUPvp=`"aL5 Nl7"rlQT޼==-I[Se* F'(\`󴯉'{:נnVZ TG6*r$Tyx^LJū.C<3` %ANrxUo"˄ 0&$tO F&bIcW3GG͈ y!{m,LkCI d,(2"@ dR%F1thUL8Rݒ^+v9^?sʯYעDl~Qd" N2sc|ov}=F,3K#vxIvG^,[OM&wI[#,Jޙ\ض;L^fv[LbyYvM#/EI#/Zס$(ڼ ," &LK/IF i-Zx彰픢]MKeR n(PhV'LҸ\f$w/ e]"mɷWO߻˱ KerSPe (ӼGMȈ}X?ʍto7ZKl+81_Y&ǡd uʤ1Vw!sQ"/$zNkw(t)2BWQW"˄OXLp:e‡# וzn2F}qlc5ؾ:WH xLz LP:d# Q>(MRېd2Qt$o~R$YR5,-nޜLr_βehd" 2k1lvO X= eC p+[R=jU!֖}_DޟY2 (*wkZQ>Fl̲soR#^u3hhyTԲt.LtD8sk4z4Rbl@zp4hy0Tn\=.fnő Y/:TC9<@fSI$:QR/bq7DfR/ֻn)Vqd"䳽˄GL;ϝRG顼n&%Sv eFv,L"t}I&N> D73]$e)( ;]XhL`kSzJlcC$<)깍h}dr,1ܝRM뭍eMa $?e3f8΍҈&P(x+JU5{I 3 M- ;7|#G9 !\œ&=xp2,L{-`?OW":4uܚEadv ~9q.VdV%UT@73$@W¯B!ݒaVLH:!opr;gAɀiήpfߙR E/IDO*Luf0}{7mfyDxT.g)w5RvHx#Z]&M$ gZUTt+lZqZ_;a&JaG,-JLJDFIcV|:I3nB&;N0Lna=Y_Gl,p5,,kc EKgd;2vt7selT9˸sX޲.6r<1!| L0lTMS1?Xsf cq )KSgBB&׭x. v c@^Yk΀v],E[ɾ QhYyXXC2)g/J@su1ScL, ?C[{V2i͛!סӠ&> 6lu>4Ƕʤ|=12鱧l{^:a/Y%~].26G: p^CZ V&Vedҟ?RrX7d#I]ՕuL1 ?_ /12IEh ̴b<ӯ^e _ϝ䰻^]vy> /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 873>> stream x1j08-K/)],) &gi+:U̲\"9H!@"9H!@"9H!@eY.Z[p_E{QHKV[/`j%ʒcP,SX4W{7urd5ɱPr:-ֆʇX$$zfZpClbw7z{[]qGlwlGlZiM,ߺ7x}w` L9=3zpWL9 j)ۓB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$e]k` B$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$/؋ endstream endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 18 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 19 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 20 0 R >> endobj 20 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1275 >> stream xr6ۻdF)t/:PMԚx^@$("&Ͳa{i[nێǢ~'sA'o/[ڦXEpi'/dbb:mo,m dzm%;{rp>9Zumу6`u#\%~ցN4W~OůVF0x'lUʒd^r38Gmöw(sԌNbhtnyP-\%I#,:$/s%ukl<>_#x .k Rel/Bue}V{K%%odAWᓄ! TiǀP+~p{˫\Ҵ HpTNLDŽ*,`,ԝ<񭛜 D#~|+rĄj,/D)^T҃nhxd;0Hb(Ѓ3 /¦JukQ fܥ MF52Z&[-* 1zxVS**d]ODvx386ܷ_ DYj]܌1Ve̲4D+:0F7iS~nh>vL) 7Ž0 J+A(XlRGU ~luUY©Zbd8uIRzp~Hv-tq+ J4p *KS%AReA ^=_2ӥHn S +#V0ao~n|߉=j+%W$e:D(:̞c4"jb{TWk JLKq亱׆5~B= \^8@ RLC[h30~g2pm>+~81Ko'Ũc?.q57pI>tTBu6=yK̩nӜT=[*=딖IËq3/l-Œ,Zi:1m.g?k e[fzp;>D/wՁo endstream endobj 21 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 1 >> endobj 22 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj 23 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 550 /Height 140 /Filter /FlateDecode /DecodeParms << /Predictor 15 /Colors 1 /Columns 550 /BitsPerComponent 8>> /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 5329>> stream xqDǯ뺒$ILfff&I335Lf2\3I2L&_3$3I$d+$\W=9y9lLss99P`0 `0 `0 `0 !U_:~u = F~sZŻدns⃪Qg¢G(F[-s͓^ DZ>d>3Dr#\OΉ, ZFwjux<;4Ƀxز#_v?nO<|{7c(b{Oū}w[N e~Hs䎷wwOn<1B.k+%U=eԘ -mCj)t:}c'ϓ*n"-ovkZ?R"V%wʶ7s]eX&eǕq` 1-2e JYHCFOUam 7:(Ԙt_@ހN t{B~ :V@}o#7!z^&zFL:ʤn X<- %"bNWqF c` M'4?cH-V`ǵAF>=#Ěm75dB I&7E5<>-͏їFǿl3M6x]Y&)2 FoΌ N.<t i4wL\^=_|Fo؏IȄ ik$ɄL?{?|tmCޮ=~T&iTevϷ'奔s?EꋄLPY͹箵?@L:Aˤ3y_:9AtA*0qVe- e6g)%a}.qKcI V/xʤzM|\ HSql0;*%+Mذ-闛obebu2iU&lLbtIcxb5^B#8 ޮaʻ _ w>j+L:$"&O;bZ K1 jmU玫ݢ=S/J<WO2'_yUPvp=`"aL5 Nl7"rlQT޼==-I[Se* F'(\`󴯉'{:נnVZ TG6*r$Tyx^LJū.C<3` %ANrxUo"˄ 0&$tO F&bIcW3GG͈ y!{m,LkCI d,(2"@ dR%F1thUL8Rݒ^+v9^?sʯYעDl~Qd" N2sc|ov}=F,3K#vxIvG^,[OM&wI[#,Jޙ\ض;L^fv[LbyYvM#/EI#/Zס$(ڼ ," &LK/IF i-Zx彰픢]MKeR n(PhV'LҸ\f$w/ e]"mɷWO߻˱ KerSPe (ӼGMȈ}X?ʍto7ZKl+81_Y&ǡd uʤ1Vw!sQ"/$zNkw(t)2BWQW"˄OXLp:e‡# וzn2F}qlc5ؾ:WH xLz LP:d# Q>(MRېd2Qt$o~R$YR5,-nޜLr_βehd" 2k1lvO X= eC p+[R=jU!֖}_DޟY2 (*wkZQ>Fl̲soR#^u3hhyTԲt.LtD8sk4z4Rbl@zp4hy0Tn\=.fnő Y/:TC9<@fSI$:QR/bq7DfR/ֻn)Vqd"䳽˄GL;ϝRG顼n&%Sv eFv,L"t}I&N> D73]$e)( ;]XhL`kSzJlcC$<)깍h}dr,1ܝRM뭍eMa $?e3f8΍҈&P(x+JU5{I 3 M- ;7|#G9 !\œ&=xp2,L{-`?OW":4uܚEadv ~9q.VdV%UT@73$@W¯B!ݒaVLH:!opr;gAɀiήpfߙR E/IDO*Luf0}{7mfyDxT.g)w5RvHx#Z]&M$ gZUTt+lZqZ_;a&JaG,-JLJDFIcV|:I3nB&;N0Lna=Y_Gl,p5,,kc EKgd;2vt7selT9˸sX޲.6r<1!| L0lTMS1?Xsf cq )KSgBB&׭x. v c@^Yk΀v],E[ɾ QhYyXXC2)g/J@su1ScL, ?C[{V2i͛!סӠ&> 6lu>4Ƕʤ|=12鱧l{^:a/Y%~].26G: p^CZ V&Vedҟ?RrX7d#I]ՕuL1 ?_ /12IEh ̴b<ӯ^e _ϝ䰻^]vy> /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 873>> stream x1j08-K/)],) &gi+:U̲\"9H!@"9H!@"9H!@eY.Z[p_E{QHKV[/`j%ʒcP,SX4W{7urd5ɱPr:-ֆʇX$$zfZpClbw7z{[]qGlwlGlZiM,ߺ7x}w` L9=3zpWL9 j)ۓB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$e]k` B$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$/؋ endstream endobj xref 0 25 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000461 00000 n 0000000498 00000 n 0000000647 00000 n 0000000750 00000 n 0000002655 00000 n 0000002762 00000 n 0000002870 00000 n 0000002980 00000 n 0000003093 00000 n 0000003204 00000 n 0000003233 00000 n 0000003343 00000 n 0000008918 00000 n 0000010049 00000 n 0000010108 00000 n 0000010167 00000 n 0000010272 00000 n 0000011621 00000 n 0000011678 00000 n 0000011735 00000 n 0000017310 00000 n trailer << /Size 25 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[] >> startxref 18441 %%EOF On the Corner | Caring Magazine

Vol. #28

Grace Uncovered

Read Issue

Latest Impact StoriesView All

Popular Topics

PopularView All

On the Corner

March 14, 2000
3 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Listen to this article

by Robert Docter – 

Why have I hung around the Army so long? I mean, it’s been all my life. Even now, why stick? Piling grandchildren in the car every Sunday morning and Wednesday night–struggling to get somewhere on time–getting to that meeting or this meeting or that committee or this group–What’s it all about? The corps has never been close to home. It’s always been a long drive. And there are so many other things I could be enjoying in the time I spend at the corps–like watching football–or reading a book–or doing some of that work around the house I never have time for.

I could even go to another church–but it would have to be a big one where I could get lost in the crowd–slip into a pew towards the back–plan my day during the sermon–stay anonymous–sit back and criticize how they ran the service–how they kept pushing their need for money. I probably won’t even like the way they take up the collection. And how come that guy takes so long to give the announcements? Don’t they know I can read?

I would especially enjoy criticizing the music. If they have these “worship choruses” I’ll criticize them and insist that we sing more of the good ol’ hymns. If they only sing the good ol’ hymns I’ll ask them why they can’t get “with it” and be little more contemporary. They probably won’t have a band –maybe an orchestra, and I’ll let them know I play a horn–but I won’t let myself get drafted. Oh no, I shall steadfastly withhold my talent from that crazy bunch of fiddlers and clarinet suckers. As soon as they approach me I will have discovered what night they rehearse and definitely have something very important planned–I don’t know what, but it’ll be easy to manufacture something that’s going to demand all my energy. I’m sure I won’t like the selection of music, anyway.

But I can still take shots at the choir and especially the leader. Look at them wearing those crazy 15th century robes –the poor guy flappin’ his arms–looks like he’s going to take off. Of course, if I knew someone who wanted to join the choir, like my wife, I’d try to discourage her–not openly–no–I’d just start needing her help in a very serious way on the evening of choir practice.

They’ll probably want me to go to a Bible study or something, but that won’t work–I just won’t have the time. Monday night, Aly McBeal–Tuesday night, that ER show; Wednesday night, that comedy about a democratic president in the White House; Thursday night is NYPD; Friday night is–well, gotta be something; Saturday night, of course, belongs to “the family” whether they show up or not. They better not ask me to go to church on Sunday night. First of all, Sunday ends at sundown–(isn’t that in the Bible somewhere?)–and second, those defense lawyers in “The Practice” really need me. So–sorry, I just don’t have the time to be involved–got too much going on.

And that preacher better be a spellbinder–or I will–well, whatever I do, it can’t take much effort. I want to hear it straight from the Word–and I mean the “real word”–the King James Bible–none of this new stuff. Of course if I don’t like what he says–why, I’ll probably just up and leave and when they ask me why I’ll tell them “I didn’t get fed.”

Yeah! It would definitely have to be a monster church. Small ones might ask to me to accept some responsibility. Good Lord, they might even ask me to share my talent, and then I’d be back in the Army–except for the uniform.

I’m sure they’ll ask me to begin doing things at this “big” church–and I might even say “Yes”–if the right person asks me in the right way. Of course, as soon as I start getting involved a little, I’ll probably need to start taking over, and if they don’t listen to me or follow my advice–I’ll quit. Yep, it’s gotta be my way or the highway.

Say–come to think of it–now I know why I’m still going to the Army. None of this ever happens there.

Download this page as a PDF

You May Also Like