JUST FOR FUN
Garrison Keiller On Episcopalians
The Book of Common Prayer in 4 Minutes
10 Top Reasons to be an Episcopalian
From Robin Williams, an Episcopalian, on an HBO special:
10. No snake handling.
9. You can believe in dinosaurs.
8. Male and female God created them; male and female we ordain them.
7. You don’t have to check your brains at the door.
6. Pew aerobics.
5. Church year is color-coded.
4. Free wine on Sunday.
3. All of the pageantry — none of the guilt
2. You don’t have to know how to swim to get baptized.
and the Number One to be an Episcopalian:
1. No matter what you believe, there’s bound to be at least one other Episcopalian who agrees with you.
Christian Theology in Action
The Tailgater
A man was being tailgated by a totally stressed-out woman on a busy boulevard. Suddenly, the light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection The tailgating woman hit the roof–and the horn–screaming in frustration as she missed her chance to get through the intersection. As she was still in mid-rant when she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the police station where she was searched, finger printed, photographed and placed in a holding cell. After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects. He said, “I’m very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you, and cussing a blue streak at him. Then I noticed the ‘Choose Life’ license plate holder, the ‘What Would Jesus Do’ bumper sticker, the ‘Follow Me to Sunday School’ bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk”.
I assumed you had stolen the car!”
Creating Life
Now that science has come so far, even so far as to create life,
three scientists decided to speak to God about it.
“We don’t need you anymore–we can create life on our own.”
“How so? asked God. “Show me!”
The lead scientist said, “well, first you take some dirt…”
“Ahh,” said God. “Get your own dirt!”
