• Unfold Your Deck Chair - Funny Story

  Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 3, 2026 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Acts 17:22-34, John 14:6

  Tags:  Faith, Life, Ship, Chair, Deck Chair  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Anglican

In a "Peanuts" strip, ... Charlie Brown and Lucy were discussing ... theology.

Lucy said, ... "On the great cruise ship of life, ... some people ... take their deck chairs ... to the bow.

And some people ... take their deck chairs ... to the stern.

Where do you put your deck chair, ... Charlie Brown?"

Charlie replied, "Lucy, ... I can't even get my deck chair unfolded." (Long Pause)

Beloved ... We are all passengers ... on the ... "great cruise ship ... of life".

We may be moving from the stern ... where we strain our eyes ... over the trackless ocean ... for some sign of ... where we have already been.

To the bow ... where we try to peer ... into the empty distance ahead ... in hope of discovering ... where ... we are going.

And while we do this ... we are searching... we are looking for ... something more.

We are looking for something or someone ... to answer the age-old question: ... "What's it all about?"

What is life all about?

And Weather we realize it or not ... we are truly looking for ... searching for ...God.

Yet like Charlie Brown, .... Many have not opened their deck chair ... many have never fully addressed the question... What's it all about.

They do not know where to place their faith.

They do not even know ... how to get the "deck chairs open."