Comments on: Moments in Parsonage Life http://catchingmeddlers.com/2008/03/19/moments-in-parsonage-life/ The Words & Thoughts of a United Methodist Pastor Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Robert S. Duran http://catchingmeddlers.com/2008/03/19/moments-in-parsonage-life/#comment-3225 Robert S. Duran Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:25:35 +0000 http://catchingmeddlers.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-3225 hmmmmmm...... let's see.... failure to properly care for church property, failure to notify the Parsonage Committee so that they could set up a time to look into the matter of the stove timer that has somehow become responsive to neutrinos causing it to buzz for what may appear to be no reason at all, which leads to the Board of Trustees not being able to exercise stewardship over this scientifically-invaluable device that was formerly the parsonage stove-oven. My, my, my, Matthew.... I have a neutrino detector in my parsonage kitchen right now, too; it began life as an ordinary microwave oven. However, my neutrino detector is not working as well as yours and just sits there silently, mocking me from its built-in home above the built-in wall oven. Now that you've disabled the world's only functional neutrino detector that is located less than 6,000 feet below the surface of the earth, we will both face the Silence of the Lambs in the parsonage kitchen. And we won't know of the billions of neutrinos whizzing by us, either. hmmmmmm…… let’s see…. failure to properly care for church property, failure to notify the Parsonage Committee so that they could set up a time to look into the matter of the stove timer that has somehow become responsive to neutrinos causing it to buzz for what may appear to be no reason at all, which leads to the Board of Trustees not being able to exercise stewardship over this scientifically-invaluable device that was formerly the parsonage stove-oven. My, my, my, Matthew….

I have a neutrino detector in my parsonage kitchen right now, too; it began life as an ordinary microwave oven. However, my neutrino detector is not working as well as yours and just sits there silently, mocking me from its built-in home above the built-in wall oven.

Now that you’ve disabled the world’s only functional neutrino detector that is located less than 6,000 feet below the surface of the earth, we will both face the Silence of the Lambs in the parsonage kitchen. And we won’t know of the billions of neutrinos whizzing by us, either.

]]> By: John http://catchingmeddlers.com/2008/03/19/moments-in-parsonage-life/#comment-3212 John Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:51:40 +0000 http://catchingmeddlers.wordpress.com/?p=471#comment-3212 We had a problem like that. I also attacked the offending buzzer, but somehow also managed to mess up an important component in the stove so it didn't heat anymore. We ended up getting a new stove. Many years ago when I was on internship, we were housed in a dilapidated old hotel that had been converted to an apartment. We wanted to install a new toilet seat, but the bolts on the old one were so rusty I couldn't remove them. The senior pastor loaned me a chisel to work on this. Chisels and porcelain don't work well together. We got a whole new toilet out of the deal. We had a problem like that. I also attacked the offending buzzer, but somehow also managed to mess up an important component in the stove so it didn’t heat anymore. We ended up getting a new stove.

Many years ago when I was on internship, we were housed in a dilapidated old hotel that had been converted to an apartment. We wanted to install a new toilet seat, but the bolts on the old one were so rusty I couldn’t remove them. The senior pastor loaned me a chisel to work on this. Chisels and porcelain don’t work well together. We got a whole new toilet out of the deal.

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