Cornerstone Community Church, San Jose Ca

Allow me this morning to begin with a short reading from a classic novel written by the incomparable Charles Dickens. It’s called “Oliver Twist.” Written in 1838, it was made into a play and then a movie titled “Oliver!” and in fact won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1968. But even if you’ve never read the book or seen the movie, you’ve probably heard something about this particular scene, a scene in which young Oliver, an orphan living in a home for boys picked up off the street, gathers the courage to ask his cruel master for more food.