But about the time our kids started going to college, that shifted. I can remember when Sueanne and I were in college, all the students wanted to take morning classes, so that we would be free in the afternoon to do whatever we wanted to do. When I first started working on this sermon, I figured this was a good time to blast all the young people for wanting to stay in bed until noon. But the word “sloth” simply means “laziness”, and that’s what we’re going to be talking about this morning. And I hesitate to even use that word because I don’t think we use the word “sloth” much anymore, unless we’re talking about the animal. Well, this morning, we come to the fifth of the seven deadly sins, which is sloth – not the animal but the character trait.
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In fact, about the only time watching a sloth is fun is if you’re watching the movie “Zootopia.” The scene of the sloth behind the counter at the DMV office has got to be one of the funniest movie scenes of all time. It’s too slow, too lazy, and just doesn’t do much of anything. Playful penguins are always fun to watch. They’ll enjoy the monkeys jumping and swinging through their cages. People will crowd around the cages to watch a restless tiger pacing back and forth. In fact, they move so slowly that algae grows on their fur.Īnd that means that nobody enjoys watching the sloth at the zoo. Sloths are among the slowest moving mammals in the world. I mean, what’s not to love about the sloth? Here’s an animal that sleeps from 15-18 hours a day.
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I love all of those animals, too, but I’m a little disappointed that none of you mentioned the sloth. What is your favorite animal to see at the zoo? Lions? Elephants? Monkeys? Giraffes? How many of you children like to go to the zoo? Raise your hands. Before I begin my lesson, I need to get a little help from all of the children here this morning.