« The Courtney TributePoetry or Prose. »

Those Crazy Reformers.

05/30/03

Those Crazy Reformers.

Permalink 08:03:00 pm by cassie, Categories: Announcements [A]

So, today, I was talking to my Mom about Christian Liberty (that old, worn-to-the-bone, fun, jolly, "if I ever, EVER hear that phrase again, I'll..." ol' topic), and somehow we got to talking about all our favorite Christian Libertyesque issues and all the funny lines that Christians use to either defend or go against their particular Christian Liberty of choice. So I brought up a faint rememberance of John [of wordforword.blogspot.com fame, dontchaknow] and Steve's [of like fame] penchant for pipes. I don't know if it's an official penchant or anything, you guys, but, okay, bear with me. Anyways, I made a crack about John and Steve, respectively, smoking pipes and reading Luther (AT THE SAME TIME! Gasp!), something to the effect of, "Well, you know, it's the vogue thing to do while reading Reformed theology, especially back in the days of all those cool theologians. Coram deo and all that." All of a sudden, my blessed mother turned amusedly exasperated and said, "Well! They used to use leeches to cure tumors back then too, but we don't do THAT now, do we?!" As a result, my mind concocted a magnanimously detailed mental image of John and Steve, their tumors covered copiously with leeches, simultaneously reading Luther and Calvin, while smoking a good pipe. With Coldplay playing in the background.

I snickered and snorted and laughed to myself for a few seconds until I regained composure, but I still find the picture mildly amusing. I guess you had to be there, huh?

Well, I thought it was funny...

20 comments

Comment from: john - now i can feel fulfille [Visitor]
john - now i can feel fulfilleLOL!! That's a great mental picture. Except for the leeches, that's like my dream Saturday night; one spent well. More often than not you'll find me listening to Coldplay while reading Aquinas or Calvin, wishing I had a pipe.
05/01/03 @ 05:34
Comment from: Heidi [Visitor]
Heidioh man --- that is so , like... hilarious!!
05/01/03 @ 19:20
Comment from: Cassie [Visitor]
CassieWhat about a beard, John? And are you a beer-swiller as well, Dave, or is it just the other two? :)
05/01/03 @ 19:27
Comment from: the other john [Visitor]
the other johnBeer? What is this, college or something?
05/01/03 @ 22:01
Comment from: Cassie [Visitor]
CassieNo. It's just those crazy Reformed people.
05/02/03 @ 04:22
Comment from: john [Visitor]
johnYeah, it's so easy to confuse us Reformed people with college. I mean, look at us. We're young, academic, worldly, so incredibly good-looking, and we're suckers for the writings of old, dead men and their old, dead writings. ;) I already have a goatee, Cass. :D I did have the full beard thing going around Christmas, but I've vowed to myself last Jan. that it needs to go before summer.
05/02/03 @ 05:29
Comment from: brian [Visitor]
brian^ just recently discovered the joy of coldplay. awesome band (parachutes, in particular)
05/02/03 @ 13:59
Comment from: Cass [Visitor]
CassToldjaso, Bri. :D
05/02/03 @ 14:06
Comment from: nika [Visitor]
nika summer's coming really really fast, Jöhn. O:D
05/02/03 @ 15:26
Comment from: dave the late poster [Visitor]
dave the late posterviz previous comments, cass - I'm "under age"
05/03/03 @ 07:59
Comment from: Cassie [Visitor]
CassieWell, so are John and Steven, Dave m'dear. :) But then again, so am I.
05/03/03 @ 15:06
Comment from: john [Visitor]
johnActually, I'm not underage. Eighteen is legal here in good ole Alberta. ;) Nikä: I know. I know. Like, REALLY fast. O:)
05/03/03 @ 15:37
Comment from: Cassie [Visitor]
CassieOh, right. Cananananadia. I forgot. *smacks head*
05/03/03 @ 16:35
Comment from: [Visitor]
Sorry to ruin a cool comeback, but they do, in fact, use leaches for some medical procedures nowadays. Usually to help re-establish blood flow into limbs that have been reattached after being unceramoniously detached from thier owners. Sorry Scooter, I just can't help myself...
05/07/03 @ 16:19
Comment from: Cassie [Visitor]
CassieBut for TUMORS, Daddy-0? :)
05/07/03 @ 17:53
Comment from: [Visitor]
Details, details. I'll have do do some further research... I like that green smiley guy, he looks rather like an aztek.
05/08/03 @ 03:58
Comment from: [Visitor]
and if you highlight him with the mouse, he looks like a downright maniac. heh.
05/08/03 @ 20:56
Comment from: Sarah [Visitor]
SarahThey do? I didn't know that. It's amazing what they can do with these things. You put it in a plastic bag like they tell you to, but you really don't think they can put it back on. Medicine.
05/10/03 @ 09:32
Comment from: Cassie [Visitor]
CassieI love you so muchly, my Sar. :)
05/10/03 @ 18:16
Comment from: dave [Visitor]
davelol! The beer-swillers will be delighted, I'm sure.
05/30/03 @ 21:24
March 2024
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
 << <   > >>
          1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31            
I like to multi-task: wife, writer, nurse, Christian, ne'er do well. I do all with equal gusto.

Search

XML Feeds

free blog tool