Saturday Sermon: Stop, look, listen  Mark 9:7  Four-year-old
Laura grabbed her mother's chin and yanked her face around to
her own then, in a very loud voice, she told her mom what she
wanted to say. She did the same thing several times during our
visit.  I asked my wife why the girl did it and she said, "There
are seven people in that house and they are all talking. She's
the youngest and it's the only way she can be sure her mom hears
her. She looks her in the face."  The greatest weakness of my
deafness is my inability to listen when I should. Because I talk
too much, it makes me a poor listener. It's so much easier to
talk than it is to listen. We need to listen more with our eyes.
For lip readers, like myself, there is no other way to listen.
Others need hand motions and body language to understand. I just
need to see the lips move clearly. Bushy mustaches are a
hindrance, however.  We need to listen to our family and friends
with our eyes and open hearts. Then, and only then, can we
communicate and lear