This sermon was preached for Sunday, February 13 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Wellesley. The texts for this sermon were: Jeremiah 17:5-10 , 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 , Luke 6:17-26 , and Psalm 1 . One of the beautiful gifts of parenthood has been getting to dive back into beloved children's stories with my son. This week at morning prayer, I shared the classic story of Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf . I'm sure most of you have heard it - it's been around since 1939 - but, like scripture and other great literature, there's always something new to discover. This is a story about a very special bull. Unlike the other bulls who love buck and fight and play, all Ferdinand wants to do is sit under the cork tree and smell the flowers. Ferdinand's mother worries about him not fitting in, but the story says "because she was an understanding mother, even though she was a cow, she let him sit there and be happy." You may remember that men from Madrid co