Sunday, June 12, 2011

Divine Definitions

(No heresy intended. This is meant to be good-natured fun!)

Born Again -- The feeling you get when you wake up after a particularly long sermon. 

Benediction -- The church equivalent of “Gentlemen, start your engines.” 

Rapture -- After the Benediction, the feeling the parishioners who leave first feel especially when they reach their favorite restaurant and find a parking space out front. 

Heathen -- A non-church member.  Or a church member who doesn’t tithe. 

Hymn -- Church songs denoted with a masculine pronoun to belie the fact that the notes are too high for even sopranos to sing.

Denomination -- Unit of monetary value.  Most churches prefer fifties and hundreds.  But if push comes to shove, they’ll gladly break a twenty.  Maybe gladly isn’t the right word. 

Prayer Requests -- Gossip in a godly disguise. 

The Good Confession -- The one the clergy will talk about for weeks. 

Fifth Third Baptist Church -- The name of a Baptist church after all the good ones have been taken. 

Parish -- The thought one ponders when the service runs too long. 

Brethren -- The people who come after you when you miss a payment on your pledge. 

I hope I've cheered you up. And I hope I inspired you to hire me to perform at your church. :o)

Thank you for stopping by. No matter what's going on in your life, find at least three things for which you can give thanks.

Blessings & Joy,
Dean

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