How to Spell “Chucrh”

It doesn’t matter how we spell “church,” as long as we get certain letters right.

“Aoccdrnig to rscheearechrs at Cmabrgide Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbemls. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.”

Preaching note: If you read the above citation aloud, listeners will miss the point unless you also provide the written text. You might put the paragraph on a screen or include it in a bulletin or printed worship guide. Then the congregation, with a prompt from you, can follow along as you read. Better yet, you could ask them to read the paragraph aloud in unison, as they might if reciting the Apostles’ Creed.

A few cautions: This popular internet meme may be spurious because when “researchers at Cambridge University” were asked about this research, no one at the prestigious British...