1 Samuel 10:9 and Saul sent out to look for lost donkeys — a guest message on how much of a life gets spent looking for donkeys while God has…
Hebrews 12:5-11 on discipline as a mark of sonship, opened with the young bull elephants that began killing rhinos in a South African park until older bulls were brought in.
Samuel at Mizpah: put away the foreign gods, direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only — and Israel does, on the day the Philistines come up.
1 Samuel 4:1-11, the week after some two hundred people came forward asking for more of the Holy Spirit — and a caution about looking for fireworks.
The second half: Israel trusted spiritual activity over spiritual obedience, and God's stuff over God's presence — a great deal of religion with nothing behind it.
A Memorial Day service that begins with an empty chair set at the front for those who did not come home, before turning to the woman at the well.