Lectionary Stories for Preaching and Teaching: Series II, Cycle B

"A good story of faith ... allows us to better see ourselves and our relationships while offering to us an opportunity to consider and know God. We enter into the story and emerge a different person." - Peter Andrew Smith

Restaurant workers closing up for the night do their duty to prepare the store for the morning crew, despite their impatience to leave. An elderly man finds hope and encouragement in a congregation where he never quite felt like he belonged.

These are the simple, quiet vigne...