Watch what you say, they’ll be calling you a radical

This made me laugh out loud. I thought it was satire, like The Onion, but then I realized they were serious.

Hello?

The First Baptist Church dismissed Mary Lambert on Aug. 9 with a letter explaining that the church had adopted an interpretation that prohibits women from teaching men. She had taught there for 54 years.

The letter quoted the first epistle to Timothy: “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.”

Fifty. Four. Years.

She was a teacher for fifty four years, and presumably not required to “be silent” that whole time.

Pardon my french, but What the fuck?

It gets better. The kid that fired her is on the city council!

The Rev. Timothy LaBouf, who also serves on the Watertown City Council, issued a statement saying his stance against women teaching men in Sunday school would not affect his decisions as a city leader in Watertown, where all five members of the council are men but the city manager who runs the city’s day-to-day operations is a woman.

“I believe that a woman can perform any job and fulfill any responsibility that she desires to” outside of the church, LaBouf wrote Saturday.

I say “kid” because I doubt he has been there all these 54 years. Pastor Tim BTW, here’s his blog (we’re discussing the ‘seven deadly sins” this week) and here’s the church’s web page. It’s nice to see they support our troops, although I suspect it’s only the males they really support.

Scorched earth

That may seem like a funny name for a weekend recap, but that’s what I saw a lot of.

We drove to visit my wife’s mom, and some other folks, and spent about four hours on Saturday and almost five hours Sunday (damn traffic) on the highways and byways of Texas.

Damn, we could use some rain.

Some other things over the weekend?

My favorite new street name: Bugtussle Drive. There’s gotta be a good story about that.

You can make children crack up by saying “poopyhead.” You can make it worse by attempting to define situations where “poopy” is an adjective vs. a verb vs. a noun.

Swimming in 90 degree water is still refreshing when it is over 100 degrees outside.

Our family is great. Also? Best in small doses.

SpongeBob still captivates.

It’s good to be home.

Do the hustle

Hi y’all! And thank you for all the e-mails and comments regarding the 5K on Saturday morning.

  • I finished
  • It was tough
  • It was hottt
  • My time was 37 minutes and something
  • I finished at the same time as a 72 year old man
  • But he didn’t look a day over sixty
  • I’d like to do another one, but feel perhaps I need to train some more first

Thanks again. We have been out of town (I just spent nearly five hours of quality time with the kids in the van driving home) and right now laundry and a few other chores call.

My wife? Bless her heart (thank you for reminding of that, Brighton), took pictures. When I find the camera I’ll share the horror.