do you actually want to play in the ugly garden? because it really is not good
but if I can take some credit for getting you involved then the parish might turn a blind eye to the fact that last Sunday's lesson was about 'bible verses we don't like'
nah, it's all yours. let me know if you want a hand. no gardener but I can follow direction
one of them hated Jesus cursing the fig tree cos he thought it was mean. lots of them thought the Psalms were boring because they're poems, not stories. a few thought the stuff about washing feet etc was weird -- lots of 'ugh' and 'gross' when I told them about the woman who wiped Jesus' feet with her hair.
we haven't done much old testament stuff, or I imagine they'd have plenty more to be confused about
"Diligently"? You're the idiot who listens to the people at the coffee shop.
[ Not that Logan doesn't like his co-workers, but they speculate about him too much. So many of them try to guess at his full name and Logan has pointed out that it's in his employment papers, but no-one believes him. ]
I answer every question you ask me, for fuck's sake.
did kind of seem leading, didn't it. wasn't really aiming for that though. just running my mouth. it was basically
personally, I dunno if threatening a priest is better or worse when you're also a priest, but
the church has an answer, and it's 'worse', who knew
[Trying desperately to project flippant over text. Probably not working. In person, he's got the chatty admission of a violent past down to a fine art. Texting's much harder.]
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overgrown, used to be tended to but it's all volunteer run & people lose motivation or move away or get busy
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Anyway, if non-churchgoers can play in the ugly garden, I can fix it.
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but if I can take some credit for getting you involved then the parish might turn a blind eye to the fact that last Sunday's lesson was about 'bible verses we don't like'
so
no churchgoing required, get stuck in
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I'll do some work after my shift tomorrow. Make it a pretty garden. Do the holy people want anything, or.
Hey, what did the kids hate most?
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one of them hated Jesus cursing the fig tree cos he thought it was mean. lots of them thought the Psalms were boring because they're poems, not stories. a few thought the stuff about washing feet etc was weird -- lots of 'ugh' and 'gross' when I told them about the woman who wiped Jesus' feet with her hair.
we haven't done much old testament stuff, or I imagine they'd have plenty more to be confused about
it was a good class
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it's a fairly liberal church, but in a catholic context that just means that I'm allowed to wear a leather jacket to Mass
200 foreskins is pretty niche, how's a heathen like you know that one?
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fuck’s sake, seriously? Jesus what’s wrong with my radar these days. this is the sort of shit I lost my collar over
not really, that was much more interesting than this
no, okay, that makes sense. intense, miserable, diligently cultivates a sense of mystery despite actually having a fairly mundane day to day life
yeah
yeah okay
sounds catholic
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[ Not that Logan doesn't like his co-workers, but they speculate about him too much. So many of them try to guess at his full name and Logan has pointed out that it's in his employment papers, but no-one believes him. ]
I answer every question you ask me, for fuck's sake.
You want me to ask how you lost your collar?
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[Not what Logan meant and he knows it.]
did kind of seem leading, didn't it. wasn't really aiming for that though. just running my mouth. it was basically
personally, I dunno if threatening a priest is better or worse when you're also a priest, but
the church has an answer, and it's 'worse', who knew
[Trying desperately to project flippant over text. Probably not working. In person, he's got the chatty admission of a violent past down to a fine art. Texting's much harder.]
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[ It's a good thing Logan's piss-poor at reading tone to begin with. He's useless in real life, he's even more so when it comes to text.
It's not like he wants to pry into the details of the incident, anyway. What he wants to pry into is more -- ] You miss it?
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turns out there's a whole world outside the priesthood and it occasionally involves phone sex
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I'm just grateful I wasn't the only one crying
that's just uncomfortable for everyone
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practically speaking, no, I can't use the internet
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I thought Internet was supposed to be man's gift to laziness.