I don't have the ties to that church that my wife does as her family was one the founding families in 1872 so for me I am pretty much done with them. I will go maybe twice a year now at Christmas Eve and Easter; the other Sundays I will get my bible preaching from Joel O on the television.
I don't know what was going through that preacher's mind but at least he didn't trash it and she did get it back.
I should have dubbed this 'papergate' in honor of Nixon.
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