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First published in Eculaugh on PresbyNet, the computer conferencing system of the Presbyterian Church. Later published on the front page of  The Joyful Noiseletter and in the book Holy Hilarity.

If asked by his personnel committee to evaluate his ministry in comparison to the ministry of Jesus. Pastor J. Christy Ramsey would give this whimsical response:

  If J. Christy

Was Compared

to J. Christ  

Lord J. Christ

Pastor J. Christy

Walks on water

Slips on ice

Changes water into wine

Changes water into coffee

Welcomes children

Has children's sermon

Curses the fig tree

Kills houseplants

Stills the storm

Puts storm windows in sills

Feeds five thousand

Buys  snacks for youth group

Sees Nathaniel under far-off tree

Watches world on CNN

Heals centurion's servant at distance

Can use TV remote control

Raises the dead

Wakes teenagers

Casts out demons

Turns on lights

Overturns money-changers' tables

Puts away folding chairs

Cleanses lepers

Has changed dirty diapers

Stands at door and knocks

Has church keys

Calls disciples

E-mails elders

By Christy Ramsey,  Copyright 1996, permission given to non-profit use as long as this by-line is included.

 

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