First Al & Tipper announced they were divorcing...
Now 2002 Canadian Olympic Pair figure skating gold medalists Jaimie Sale & David Pelletier are getting divorced!
It was the controversy over their perfect program coming second to the flawed Russian's program that led to an uncovering of judge collusion at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and eventually a whole new judging system (which I personally hate and still don't understand why we just couldn't get rid of the corrupt judges [who are STILL judging BTW] but that is another story)
This is just gonna kill my daughter. Ya just want the happy ever after. Ya know?
So I didn't really have enough prepared tonight. We suspend classes for Lent - I find I get better attendance at worship and I'd rather see the family worshiping together than dropping the kid off for class.
I had a little power point prepared on Martin Luther which didn't last long. Then I just started my story telling. I'm a pretty good story teller. They like it when I tell them bible stories. I try to get them to read the bible "No you tell us the story, Pastor - we like to hear you tell it" Yup, feed my ego. I'll tell you a story.
So I told them the story of Martin helping Katie escape from the convent in a pickle barrel. And how Martin tried to get Katie to marry some of his friends and she wouldn't settle for anyone less than him. And how he reluctantly agreed to marry her because he was not setting a good example marrying off his monk friends but refusing to settle down himself. And I said how that wasn't a very romantic start but what a deep and lasting love they had and what a comfort Katie was to him in the difficult times and how they comforted one another when they lost their dear daughter.
"Wow," breathed one of the 15 year old boys. "That is a great story!"
Yes it is.
