When I’m left to do the church bulletin–usually because I’m late with material I contribute. It’s a trap for me. My perfectionism rears it’s head, and despite my efforts to concentrate on the task of proofing, I invariably miss something. Well, this morning I went to print the bulletin at the church, and the copier was broken, and so the proof copy I was going to print couldn’t be printed. And because of all that was going on this morning and all the the effort I put into the bulletinyesterday? Well, surely Staples could print it. And with loads of optimism about the bulletin’s error/typo free condition, I emailed it off to be printed.

My self-righteousness is an ever-hopeful endeavor. Sadly though, a futile one. So, that’s to say, when you read the bulletin tomorrow, remember that your pastor is glad that the Heidelberg Catechism captures the truth of the gospel when it says that those who in true faith accept Jesus, they “have in him all they need for their salvation.”

If you care as much about the bulletin as your pastor does, you can download the corrected  one at the following link: 03.15.09 Bulletin. Evenso, it still may not be perfect, but then your pastor’s not depending on his perfection as his right-ness, but on the one who is all he needs. You depend on that One, too.