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Staying Out of the Shadows
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Staying Out of the Shadows
By Bill Whittaker
Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (C)July 29, 2007Staying Out of the ShadowsColossians 2:6-19 Did you ever play shadow puppets, using your fingers to form shadows that looked like a dog or other animals? How much better it is to enjoy a real puppy than a shadow of one. It is so much better to live the substance of the Christian life than hang around in the shadows. That’s the concern expressed in Colossians 2. Two words focus on this thought: “shadow” (v. 17) and “appearance,”...

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