All Denominations Are Needed
June 11, 2009
I was riding the subway yesterday and a beggar came on the train asking for money. Anyone who lives in New York City knows that this is not an uncommon experience, but in the middle of his spiel, encouraging people to give bills as well as change, he said, “All denominations are needed, big and small!”
As someone who belongs to a church (Transmission) with about a dozen members and who works for a denomination which is among the smallest in the nation (there are more Americans who believe that they themselves has been abducted by aliens then who are members of the Episcopal Church), I found this profoundly encouraging. So I gave him five bucks.