Strange Visitors
I wish I had asked the police why they were asking me about my neighbor. They weren't even local police, but from some other city, asking if I had "any concerns" about my neighbor. I had nothing but good things to say, but now I wonder if I should have asked some questions of my own.
An elderly Jehovah's Witness came to our door, inviting us to "celebrate Jesus Christ's death." This surprised me a great deal. It's usually not the death I celebrate, so much as the triumph over death that it made possible. I feel like I celebrate the latter each week in church. The wizened man told me that His death was the only thing Christ commanded us to celebrate, not Christmas. I didn't get into that with him on my doorstep on Saturday morning, but it gave me thoughts, which is possibly what he intended.
An elderly Jehovah's Witness came to our door, inviting us to "celebrate Jesus Christ's death." This surprised me a great deal. It's usually not the death I celebrate, so much as the triumph over death that it made possible. I feel like I celebrate the latter each week in church. The wizened man told me that His death was the only thing Christ commanded us to celebrate, not Christmas. I didn't get into that with him on my doorstep on Saturday morning, but it gave me thoughts, which is possibly what he intended.