Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

Reflections Maxie Dunnam By The Pinecone | August 2024 • 9 • August Vesper Services | 6:30pm | Performing Arts Center August 29 Summer All Sing Residents of Kirby Pines August 8 Rev Luke Lea Discipleship & Outreach Emmanuel UMC August 15 Dr Matthew Castro Pastor Adult Ministries Central Church August 22 Ellis Hagewood Retired Headmaster at MUS August 1 Amy Speake Missionary UMC Alturia - Costa Rica As a Christian, have you ever thought about the kind of impression you make on others? Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “I might have entered the ministry if certain clergymen I knew had not looked and acted so much like undertakers.” My personal experience is altogether different. As a young person, two ministers caught my attention in a positive way. Unlike too many preachers, when sharing their faith, they were always inviting, never condemning. They were worthy of my attention and got it. My calling was magnified through them. I understand why Ghandi was famous for saying, “I like your Christ. It is Christians I have a problem with.” Back to my initial question, have you ever thought about the kind of impression you make on others?When many of our friends and members of our community think of Christians, they don’t think of Jesus’ love or kindness, his open arms to persons from all walks of life. They think of people who are judgmental, opinionated, and hypocriti-cal. Are we contributing to that distortion? The question persists, as a Christian, what kind of impression do you make on others? What words would people use to describe you? HOWDO THEY KNOW UNLESS YOU TELL THEM? Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.