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This is my friend, Zac.  The quote was lifted from Seinfeld.

Stupid Things I've Heard - I Don't Like Him as a Person...

I didn't really plan on making this a regular part of this blog.  But sometimes I hear people say stupid things - really stupid things - things that just get stuck in my head and I have to excise them.

This afternoon I listened to a conversation between two people about various authors that they liked to read.  One woman suggested John Grisham as an author that "you just can't put down."

I know what you're thinking, but that wasn't the stupid thing.  Not yet.

The woman continued her praise of Grisham for some time but then said, "he's a good author but I don't like him as a person."

"No?" I asked.

"No," she answered. "He's a democrat."


There it is.  The stupid thing I've heard someone say recently.

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Dancing at Weddings

I’m not much of a dancer.  Never have been, never will be and I’m pretty much okay with that.  About the only time I get a chance to dance is at weddings.

Yesterday had the privilege of officiating (what a terrible verb) the wedding of my friend Tanner.  Tanner was a teenager in my congregation.  We’ve moved since then – we’ve been gone for seven years, but Tanner called me and asked if I would come back to marry him and his fiancé.  I was honored that he asked. (It means, of course, that I’m old… but never mind that.) The wedding ceremony was wonderful. Tanner looked nervous. The bride looked beautiful.  People cried.  It was pretty much everything a wedding ceremony should be.

And at the reception afterwards I had my chance to dance.I danced with my wife to Eric Clapton’s song Wonderful Tonight.  My daughter rolled her eyes and refused to dance with me.  

And Tanner’s younger sister gave me a giant hug and shouted over the music, “You taught me to dance.”  That was, of course, at a wedding several years ago. 

Ephraimite Kitty

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