Sermon Illustrations
A Farmer is Healed of Shame and Restored to Community
In his novel Remembering, Wendell Berry tells the story of a Kentucky farmer named Andy Catlett. One warm summer evening, Andy and a group of neighbors are helping a younger farmer bring in a harvest of corn. Andy himself mans the corn harvesting machine.
At one point, the machine jams up and ends up drawing Andy’s right hand into its gears. ...