There was this boss I had once whom I didn’t like. Well, I’ve had quite a few bosses I didn’t like, really, but I’m thinking of one guy in particular. Joe Leta, his name was, and I don’t think he liked me very much either.
He never struck me as particularly religious. In the three years I worked with him I never heard him talk about religion or God or Jesus or even mention anything about going to services or involving himself in activities at a church. That’s why I was so surprised by what he said to me as he was leaving the office one afternoon.
He stopped halfway out the door, turned to me and said, “The Lord be with you.”
To which I immediately responded, “And with thy spirit.”
If his words surprised me, I shocked the hell out of myself. I hadn’t voluntarily set foot in a church in 15 years, and yet that response popped right out of my mouth all by itself.
I guess it’s true – you can take the girl out of the Methodist Church, but you can’t take the Methodist Church …
Your brother says that phrase all the time. SuPRIZE, suprize, suprize.
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