Not quite there, but close! They share no blood. Just that her daughter and his son married each other. Then they both lost their spouses and got to know each other at family get togethers. And yes, once married, Biblical type knowing (waggles eyebrows).

We’re over on the West coast now. My husband escaped as soon as humanly possible. My family is from London//St Thomas. Southern Ontario woo! Home of delicious peaches, thunderstorms and colourful trees in the Fall!

I firmly believe certain aspects of religion undermine people’s ability for critical thought. They are brainwashed into accepting the impossible, given the drive to impress that a True Believer (ie: a good Christian) needs to accept with no proof. Which is precisely what got the US into its current fix, given the GOP…

Can’t we all just get along?

Chemical Valley has a lot to answer for. Apparently a fair amount of whatever gets cranked out the smokestacks in Ohio makes it across the border too.

NO THANKS

Things seem perfectly normal when you’re in the middle of it.

HE SURE SHOWED THEM! Or was he making a sacrifice to the “IT” clown?

Maybe one of those old electric organs with the light up push buttons for different background beat to play along to- like “tango”, “polka”, or “waltz”.

Yeah, I have no idea what goes on with that. Mind you, Pentecostal church folk can have pretty rockin’ services these days in order to hook the youth in. (see Hillsong Church)

No crosses! Only idolaters and gay men wear jewelry. And ladies. Ladies wear jewelry too. But not too flashy because pride is sinful.

Nope. My husband’s sister is married to crazy Jesus Not Coffee guy. Hers (and my husband’s) mother ended up marrying Jesus Not Coffee guy’s dad once they were both widowed later in life. So, the in-laws became step parents in one fell swoop.

I’m not bitter.

I’ve only met a few completely humourless people in my life- and he’s one of them. He’s a youth pastor too.

Since when has logic ever been involved in this equation? It’s idolatry! They love coffee more than Jesus! They NEEEED it. IT HAS TO BE DRUGGED.

...as far as I’m concerned he was just a bored, upper-middle class, middle aged white man...

Your mother has saintly levels of tolerance.

Pretty much. Baristas have seen it all.

My husband’s sister’s husband. And it gets weirder than that- his dad hooked up with his wife’s mother after they both became widowed.

There’s no hope for you.