Tag: witness
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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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Real Headline: Polygamist Ninjas Attack!
I just found this link in my Inbox–thanks Teresa!–that headline is too awesome not to post immediately. All the good stuff happens in Utah. Our Pennsylvania Amish never do anything this interesting–when they get in trouble its for refusing to build their outhouses up to construction codes, or refusing to put orange reflective safety triangles…
Old Road Apples 