Thursday, January 29, 2009

"'Brother Boulder,' there was honeyed olive branch in his radio voice, 'would you please say a closing prayer for us?' The tactic was bold.

After an agonizing silence, Boulder finally arose and made his way to the front of the room. When he arrived, he seemed to have found his resolve and, to the relief of everyone, turned decisively and faced the [Gospel Doctrine] class. With ritual solemnity, he tilted his round face earthward and held it in commanding obeisance until all present fell into a cough-stifling, child-threatening silence.

What happened next can be recounted. It cannot be conveyed."

FOR THE TRULY EXCITING CONCLUSION, SEE:
http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/dialogue&CISOPTR=20663&CISOSHOW=20620

--Neal Chandler, "Benediction"

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