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    • Peace in a Pandemic
    • Prayer for Uncertain Times
    • Thanksgiving – The True Holy Grail!
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    • Anger: The Wind that Blows out the Lamp of the Mind
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    • Diagnosis of Terminal Bias
    • “Double Indemnity:” How to Visit a Church Like an Insurance Adjuster
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    • Make Lasting Friends in Church
    • Prayer Beads: An Essential Utensil in the Kitchen of Prayer
    • “Prayer: Dare to be Honest with God!”
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    • Christian Education in the Post Pandemic Church
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    • Church of One Stringed Worship
    • For Flock’s Sake, Shorten Sermons!
    • How to Read the Bible in Church
    • “Overstuffed Sunday”: Situational Awareness
    • “Stick the Landing”: Exiting a Ministry with Grace
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    • EFFICIENCY WITHOUT HUMANITY
    • Emperor Worship
    • Fascism Rising
    • Federal Workers’ Hiding Place
    • First Class
    • For-Profit Prisons
    • From Lock Up to Look Up
    • Lions Not Lambs: From Pray to Prey
    • MAGAburger: Real Whoppers Told Here!
    • Mexico: Unlikely Hero
    • Middle Class Now 3rd Class
    • Neobigotry: A Genteel Racism
    • No Eggageration
    • One Tax Free Notion under God
    • Plan B?: Security Equity for Schools
    • Politics of Hate Awakens Democracy
    • Religious Freedom … from Government
    • Rocket Stove Economics
    • RV Nation: Border Crisis Solution
    • Separate Church and Hate
    • Separation of Church and Hate
    • Separation of Church and State of Mind
    • Student Loans
    • Sunday School Party Animals
    • Tariffs: Nothing to Crow About
    • Teaching for Testing
    • The Age of Smart Gun Laws
    • The Encontré DNA Ministry
    • THE GREAT WALL
    • The House of Ishmael: Jewel of Gaza
    • The New Driver
    • The Pastor and the Floozy
    • The Quantum Balance of Separation of Church and State
    • The Revenge of the DOGE
    • The Silence of the Lambs: How the Church became Complicit in Deporting its Future
    • The U.S. Takes a Haircut
    • Ultramodern Church: Space for Worship
    • “Walk Together Economics”

St. Patrick Meets Pied Piper

Preacher nightmare last night that I gave the Sunday children’s sermon how St. Patrick rid Ireland of rats. Got the whole story wrong. Must have been an election-mare. #WakeUpAmerica
Pied Piper rats is a painting by Andy Catling

Author James ButlerPosted on November 5, 2020December 2, 2020Categories Be AmusedTags election anxiety, St. Patrick

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  • Welcome to Christians Need to Know
  • Contact Me
  • About Pastor Jim
  • Home
  • A Good Word
    • With Liberty, Justice and Care for All
  • Be Amused
    • $1.9 Trillion Relief in Miles
    • Aging Church
    • A Spoonful of Sugar …
    • Bargain Basements for Guns
    • Borderline Personalities
    • Channels in Hell
    • CT Scan
    • Empty Shelves
    • Exotic Masks
    • Fixed Stamp Here: Mail-In Voting
    • “Grandpa, What’s an election?”
    • Journey into Joy
    • Free Dental
    • Heartbreak Hotel
    • High Standards
    • “Impervise!”
    • Lost Cat, Goes by “Joy”
    • Love Boat
    • Mask Etiquette
    • National Treasure
    • One Flew Over the Voter’s Nest
    • Old and Cranky Gift
    • Oxygen
    • Pastor Works Out
    • Political Pigs in the Parlor
    • Presidential Lucky Charm
    • Rapper in Chief
    • Relief
    • Sermon Preparation
    • Slow Dancing
    • Slow, Old iPhone Users
    • Solitary BINGO
    • St. Patrick Meets Pied Piper
    • The Caregiver
    • The Cat Problem
    • “The Holy Catholic Court”
    • The “Imagination Proclamation”
    • The Liver & Onions Test
    • The Malaise of PTO Days
    • The Royal Pain
    • Transitions
    • Unfriend … Refriend
    • Vaping Atrophy
    • Windfall
    • Tesla Brain Charger
  • Messages
    • A Little Grace for a Hard Place
    • Discover the Place of Your Resurrection
    • From Darkness into Light
    • God’s Continuity Plan – Ephesians Session 2
    • Great Preaching (Part II): Max Your Understanding in Preaching!
    • Great Preaching: (Final Cut) Run!
    • Heaven’s Gifts
    • In Touch with Your Creator
    • Jesus & Speeding Tickets
    • Jim’s Maxim
    • Peace in a Pandemic
    • Prayer for Uncertain Times
    • Thanksgiving – The True Holy Grail!
  • Spiritual Lessons Learned
    • Anger: The Wind that Blows out the Lamp of the Mind
    • a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance
    • Behind Bars of Resentment
    • Breakthrough
    • “Come and See!” Your Fabulous New Year
    • Common Ground
    • Costco Lady in the Mask
    • Covid Smart
    • Diagnosis of Terminal Bias
    • “Double Indemnity:” How to Visit a Church Like an Insurance Adjuster
    • Life Navigation
    • Make Lasting Friends in Church
    • Prayer Beads: An Essential Utensil in the Kitchen of Prayer
    • “Prayer: Dare to be Honest with God!”
  • The Church Mechanic
    • “Amen!” or “Oh, Me!”?
    • Christian Education in the Post Pandemic Church
    • Church in Place: A response to the coronavirus
    • Church of One Stringed Worship
    • For Flock’s Sake, Shorten Sermons!
    • How to Read the Bible in Church
    • “Overstuffed Sunday”: Situational Awareness
    • “Stick the Landing”: Exiting a Ministry with Grace
    • The Agony of Preaching
    • The Preacher’s Crawl
    • Those Who Sat In Darkness … Enjoyed the View!
    • “You Visited Me” – Home Communion Ministry
  • The Prophet’s Grotto
    • A Day to Vote
    • Apartheid America: A Time to Plant
    • Bulldozers for Christ
    • DOGE REBRANDS TOWER OF BABEL
    • Dream On
    • EFFICIENCY WITHOUT HUMANITY
    • Emperor Worship
    • Fascism Rising
    • Federal Workers’ Hiding Place
    • First Class
    • For-Profit Prisons
    • From Lock Up to Look Up
    • Lions Not Lambs: From Pray to Prey
    • MAGAburger: Real Whoppers Told Here!
    • Mexico: Unlikely Hero
    • Middle Class Now 3rd Class
    • Neobigotry: A Genteel Racism
    • No Eggageration
    • One Tax Free Notion under God
    • Plan B?: Security Equity for Schools
    • Politics of Hate Awakens Democracy
    • Religious Freedom … from Government
    • Rocket Stove Economics
    • RV Nation: Border Crisis Solution
    • Separate Church and Hate
    • Separation of Church and Hate
    • Separation of Church and State of Mind
    • Student Loans
    • Sunday School Party Animals
    • Tariffs: Nothing to Crow About
    • Teaching for Testing
    • The Age of Smart Gun Laws
    • The Encontré DNA Ministry
    • THE GREAT WALL
    • The House of Ishmael: Jewel of Gaza
    • The New Driver
    • The Pastor and the Floozy
    • The Quantum Balance of Separation of Church and State
    • The Revenge of the DOGE
    • The Silence of the Lambs: How the Church became Complicit in Deporting its Future
    • The U.S. Takes a Haircut
    • Ultramodern Church: Space for Worship
    • “Walk Together Economics”
  • Welcome to Christians Need to Know
  • Contact Me
  • About Pastor Jim
  • Home
  • A Good Word
    • With Liberty, Justice and Care for All
  • Be Amused
    • $1.9 Trillion Relief in Miles
    • Aging Church
    • A Spoonful of Sugar …
    • Bargain Basements for Guns
    • Borderline Personalities
    • Channels in Hell
    • CT Scan
    • Empty Shelves
    • Exotic Masks
    • Fixed Stamp Here: Mail-In Voting
    • “Grandpa, What’s an election?”
    • Journey into Joy
    • Free Dental
    • Heartbreak Hotel
    • High Standards
    • “Impervise!”
    • Lost Cat, Goes by “Joy”
    • Love Boat
    • Mask Etiquette
    • National Treasure
    • One Flew Over the Voter’s Nest
    • Old and Cranky Gift
    • Oxygen
    • Pastor Works Out
    • Political Pigs in the Parlor
    • Presidential Lucky Charm
    • Rapper in Chief
    • Relief
    • Sermon Preparation
    • Slow Dancing
    • Slow, Old iPhone Users
    • Solitary BINGO
    • St. Patrick Meets Pied Piper
    • The Caregiver
    • The Cat Problem
    • “The Holy Catholic Court”
    • The “Imagination Proclamation”
    • The Liver & Onions Test
    • The Malaise of PTO Days
    • The Royal Pain
    • Transitions
    • Unfriend … Refriend
    • Vaping Atrophy
    • Windfall
    • Tesla Brain Charger
  • Messages
    • A Little Grace for a Hard Place
    • Discover the Place of Your Resurrection
    • From Darkness into Light
    • God’s Continuity Plan – Ephesians Session 2
    • Great Preaching (Part II): Max Your Understanding in Preaching!
    • Great Preaching: (Final Cut) Run!
    • Heaven’s Gifts
    • In Touch with Your Creator
    • Jesus & Speeding Tickets
    • Jim’s Maxim
    • Peace in a Pandemic
    • Prayer for Uncertain Times
    • Thanksgiving – The True Holy Grail!
  • Spiritual Lessons Learned
    • Anger: The Wind that Blows out the Lamp of the Mind
    • a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance
    • Behind Bars of Resentment
    • Breakthrough
    • “Come and See!” Your Fabulous New Year
    • Common Ground
    • Costco Lady in the Mask
    • Covid Smart
    • Diagnosis of Terminal Bias
    • “Double Indemnity:” How to Visit a Church Like an Insurance Adjuster
    • Life Navigation
    • Make Lasting Friends in Church
    • Prayer Beads: An Essential Utensil in the Kitchen of Prayer
    • “Prayer: Dare to be Honest with God!”
  • The Church Mechanic
    • “Amen!” or “Oh, Me!”?
    • Christian Education in the Post Pandemic Church
    • Church in Place: A response to the coronavirus
    • Church of One Stringed Worship
    • For Flock’s Sake, Shorten Sermons!
    • How to Read the Bible in Church
    • “Overstuffed Sunday”: Situational Awareness
    • “Stick the Landing”: Exiting a Ministry with Grace
    • The Agony of Preaching
    • The Preacher’s Crawl
    • Those Who Sat In Darkness … Enjoyed the View!
    • “You Visited Me” – Home Communion Ministry
  • The Prophet's Grotto
    • A Day to Vote
    • Apartheid America: A Time to Plant
    • Bulldozers for Christ
    • DOGE REBRANDS TOWER OF BABEL
    • Dream On
    • EFFICIENCY WITHOUT HUMANITY
    • Emperor Worship
    • Fascism Rising
    • Federal Workers’ Hiding Place
    • First Class
    • For-Profit Prisons
    • From Lock Up to Look Up
    • Lions Not Lambs: From Pray to Prey
    • MAGAburger: Real Whoppers Told Here!
    • Mexico: Unlikely Hero
    • Middle Class Now 3rd Class
    • Neobigotry: A Genteel Racism
    • No Eggageration
    • One Tax Free Notion under God
    • Plan B?: Security Equity for Schools
    • Politics of Hate Awakens Democracy
    • Religious Freedom … from Government
    • Rocket Stove Economics
    • RV Nation: Border Crisis Solution
    • Separate Church and Hate
    • Separation of Church and Hate
    • Separation of Church and State of Mind
    • Student Loans
    • Sunday School Party Animals
    • Tariffs: Nothing to Crow About
    • Teaching for Testing
    • The Age of Smart Gun Laws
    • The Encontré DNA Ministry
    • THE GREAT WALL
    • The House of Ishmael: Jewel of Gaza
    • The New Driver
    • The Pastor and the Floozy
    • The Quantum Balance of Separation of Church and State
    • The Revenge of the DOGE
    • The Silence of the Lambs: How the Church became Complicit in Deporting its Future
    • The U.S. Takes a Haircut
    • Ultramodern Church: Space for Worship
    • “Walk Together Economics”
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