Photo and Commentary ©2026 by Maylan Schurch
Friday, February 27, 2026
Every week or so in our neighborhood, one or another enterprising businesses spread around a bit of advertising. Within the last couple of days, I discovered lots of plastic baggies containing the above offer to provide someone to “thatch, aerate and rejuvenate your lawn.”
What jolted me was what else one of these bags contained. Most of the bags contained one or two smaller pebbles, allowing the advertiser to be able to fling them from a car window and be projected by the ballast the stones provided.
However, in the case of the bag in my photo, can you imagine what would happen if the enclosed rock actually struck a potential client in the head? That would be “messaging” with a punch, resulting in a possible clinic visit!
Sadly, some Christians attempt to share their faith in such direct and abrupt ways that they do more damage than they need to. God is a God of love, and anyone who cares about Him and His message needs to reflect that love.
At the link below are a few Bible sentences about how to do this.