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The sociology of seating charts in stadiums always intrigues me. We continually make assumptions. Important, wealthy people sit up front in the expensive seats. Average, not-so-wealthy folks, sit in the nose-bleeds. But this pattern does not hold true, at all, when it comes to the Sunday Morning Gathering. NO ONE, not even Bob Stouffer, wants to sit in the FRONT row. Prime seats are located in the back. In fact, one Sunday a few years ago, so many front row seats were empty, that late people went up to the front, picked up the chairs in the front row, and moved them to the back. Hilarious! In James 2:1-13, James addresses the issue of favoritism in the church. Rich people had been getting the better seats. But do not worry. We will not be establishing a new seating chart this Sunday morning. You can keep your spot. But we will be looking at the greater theological principle of favoritism in our lives. How do you and I pick the winners and losers in our lives? And what do we do with the losers? This should be fun. I can\u2019t wait to see you on Sunday! P.Dave