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Thursday, November 01, 2007
Forgive Us
Psalm 103; Matthew 6:7-15
On Saturday night our church threw its annual Halloween spooktacular musical event, "Pipe Screams." It's a huge talent show and costume party, drawing well over 200 people from the church and community into our eerily decorated Sanctuary. After the show our youth group put on a Haunted House in the church parlor. And, of course, some pretty scary snack treats were devoured by souls brave or foolish enough to sink their fangs in.
My get-up for the evening was an "O Brother Where Art Thou" striped convict suit, complete with that weird little hat. When I sang my one solo line in Tom Lehrer's "Irish Ballad" about a sweet young murderous lass, it brought down the house -- "And lying, she knew, was a sin!" Go figure.
After the show, one church member reacted to my costume with, "Well, Jack, I knew it was just a matter of time." Another suggested I might wear it again the next morning, in keeping with my sermon topic -- "Forgive us our debts"!
I decided to go with my dark suit and spiffy tie instead.
I'll make you a deal: Visualize me either way... Your call... Just make sure that you...
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posted by Jack Buckley at
3:37 PM
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