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FROM THE MORNING TWILIGHT TO THE GLOAMING In church last Sunday the minister shocked the whole congregation by telling us that we were all lazy and selfish and venal and that we were all hypocrites and didn’t give a damn about the poor. He was shaking he was so mad. He said we didn’t deserve the Lord’s love and forgive- ness. He said we could rot in hell for all he cared. That’s when I threw my hymnal at him. Many of the women were sobbing rather loudly, but I could see plenty of the men had had more than their full and were ready to do something about it. A bloodthirsty lynch mob was forming in the aisles. I know these men, they’re good citizens, good fathers and husbands, who take their religion seriously, but if you mess with them they'll kill you. The minister, seeing the fire in their eyes, broke out laughing and assured the congregation that he’d just been kidding them, having a little fun with us. A little nervous laughter started to build and it broke loose into a collective roar that couldn’t be stopped. We all agreed later that it was the best sermon he had ever given and we loved him more than ever. #james_tate