Pastor Tells Bushies to Give Up All Material Possessions, then Gives them High Five
While attending a church service in the Northeast for a family wedding, Presidents George Bush I and Geroge Bush II got an earful during the sermon. Using the Bushs' penchant for golf as a parable, he admonished private communities that ''tend to keep out God's people ... Our material gifts do not have to be a wall -- they can very well be a door ... Jesus says .. Sell your possessions and give alms ... I'm convinced that what we keep owns us, and what we give away sets us free." He expanded the allusion where Bush's "mighty swing" kept missing the ball, killing the community of ants. ''If we're going to live, we better get on the ball."
At the conclusion of the service, the Very Rev. Martin Luther Agnew Jr. went into the pews and gave a stonefaced HW Bush a high five.
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posted by Jimbo Trout @ Monday, August 09, 2004
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