Bridge of Reason

  “No matter what happens, never forget the door-to-door ministry.” With those words ringing in my ears, I walked three miles to the nearest village. When I arrived, I could not find the courage to go to the first house. After some struggle, I went into the woods and prayed very hard to God for the courage to preach. Finally, I was able to return to the first door and give my presentation. [1] Each week we run a City Centre book table giving out tracts, booklets, and Bibles. We have a lot of interesting discussions with all manner of people. Recently, I got into a conversation with a nice gentleman who told me that his wife was a very committed, baptised Jehovah’s Witness. He said that she had been in the Witnesses for over thirty years, and one of his sons was also a zealous adherent. I asked him why he was not a Jehovah’s Witness, to which he replied with a smile on his face: ‘I like golf too much.’ PAR FOR THE COURSE He admitted that for him, the cost of joining them wou...

Someone over at Quora asked this question and I was curious to know the answer. The reply on Quora, from an inactive Witness with a still faithful family, talks about video conferencing among other things. The Memorial Meal, where gathering was prohibited, took place online, with a leader giving the talk on Zoom. They made bread according to the prescribed recipe, had some wine, and afterwards threw it away in the kitchen bin I imagine. It will come as no surprise to find everyone dressed for this as though they were going to the Kingdom Hall, even though they were at home. The door-to-door work and the cart witnessing are cancelled of course. However, undaunted, they have resorted to telephone witnessing, calling back their call backs on the phone. Some are letter writing, again no surprise given the way the Society can marshal their army of members to mass produce letters of protest at the drop of a hat, clogging up the already burdened mailing system. You can r ead more here. ...