The sociology of seating charts in stadiums always

intrigues me. We continually make assumptions. Important, wealthy

people sit up front in the expensive seats. Average, not-so-wealthy

folks, sit in the nose-bleeds. But this pattern does not hold true,

at all, when it comes to the Sunday Morning Gathering. NO ONE, not

even Bob Stouffer, wants to sit in the FRONT row. Prime seats are

located in the back. In fact, one Sunday a few years ago, so many

front row seats were empty, that late people went up to the front,

picked up the chairs in the front row, and moved them to the back.

Hilarious! In James 2:1-13, James addresses the issue of favoritism

in the church. Rich people had been getting the better seats. But

do not worry. We will not be establishing a new seating chart this

Sunday morning. You can keep your spot. But we will be looking at

the greater theological principle of favoritism in our lives. How

do you and I pick the winners and losers in our lives? And what do

we do with the losers? This should be fun. I can’t wait to see you

on Sunday! P.Dave