MISPLACED
Added on: 20th Dec 2014
A PASTOR I KNOW OF USES A STANDARD
LITURGY FOR FUNERALS.
TO PERSONALIZE EACH SERVICE,
HE ENTERS A “FIND AND REPLACE”
COMMAND INTO HIS WORD PROCESSOR.
THE COMPUTER THEN FINDS THE NAME OF
THE DECEASED FROM THE PREVIOUS FUNERAL
AND REPLACES IT WITH THE NAME OF
THE DECEASED FOR THE UPCOMING ONE.
NOT LONG AGO, THE PASTOR TOLD THE
COMPUTER TO FIND THE NAME “MARY”
AND REPLACE IT WITH “EDNA.”
THE NEXT MORNING, THE FUNERAL WAS
GOING SMOOTHLY UNTIL THE CONGREGATION
INTONED THE APOSTLES’ CREED.
“JESUS CHRIST,”
THEY READ FROM THE PREPRINTED PROGRAM,
“BORN OF THE VIRGIN EDNA.”
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