On Growing Up in Church

"I remember sitting in church next to Daddy one Sunday morning. It was plainly written in the church bulletin that the title of Brother Johnson’s sermon would be, “What Time is It?” Everybody in the congregation obviously saw that... but Daddy. He didn’t notice because he spent the entire time writing figures on the bulletin. It was obvious to me that he was not paying one bit of attention as to what was going on in church. I’m not sure if he was working on a deal or trying to figure out how to pay a bill, but he was doing some serious figuring. Finally the time came for the sermon to begin. Brother Johnson stepped up to the pulpit and began his sermon with these words, 'What time is it?'  All of a sudden Daddy looked at his watch and blurted out loud for everyone to hear, “It’s 25 minutes til 12!” RBG