Tag: missionary
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Knock On My Door, Will You?
A True Story. Mostly. A knock on the door last week, too damned early in the morning…an older middle-aged woman with pamphlets and a bible in a floral dress and sensible shoes bearing close resemblance to Mrs. C, my tenth-grade typing teacher. “Hello, I’m spreading the good word about a 3-day conference in–” “Is this…
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Porch Missionary
A knock on the door last week, too damned early on a foggy morning…a woman with pamphlets, a captious smile, and bible clenched beneath white, shivering knuckles. Her impressively baroque hair towered beneath a clear plastic rain bonnet that snapped beneath her chin like a helmet. “Hello, I’m spreading the good word about a 3-day…
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Email Excerpt: Circa 2008 New Right Wing Battle Tank
Discouraged with their progress in claiming the middle east for Jesus and pressed by the fast-approaching change of administrations, cynical neo-conservative empire builders and their evangelical allies have pushed the Bush administration to deploy a battalion of experimental Coulter A2-FU battle tanks in Iraq. Named after Ann Coulter, the creator of the US’s post-9/11 doctrine:…
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Jesus Leave Me Be
I try to be a tolerant guy. I don’t care what color you are, what country your parents came from, who you love nor–once I’ve gotten to know you–who you voted for. I won’t pretend those differences don’t exist: race, gender, orientation–all that stuff–is fascinating baggage to dig through, preferably over a drink, if for…
Old Road Apples 