Selfishness or Selflessness?
Selfishness or Selflessness? (Lay sermon by Bill Peche - Bradford Community Church UU, Kenosha WI - December 7, 2014) During the week of Thanksgiving, Tom’s 94-year-old mother, Annamae, came to stay with us in Kenosha at Tom’s home. She, like many people her age, has her share of aches and pains, and while she was visiting us, I had to take her to the emergency room 2 weeks ago today due to a pain in her arm that she said was like having sciatic pain between her elbow and shoulder. Thank goodness her pain was relieved a day later after receiving a cortisone shot. Annamae is not like most of her peers, however, in that she is very mentally alert. I gave her an Android tablet as an early birthday and Christmas gift a month or so ago, and during Thanksgiving week I got to teach her more about using it. She has even said that it is “fun!” Annamae is ...