Person: Josh, been awhile...
Me: Yep, work, life, and everything in between
Person: What's your take on the Brooklyn murders and the recent influx of cop murders in the last few days.
Me: You don't want my opinion and trust me, if I say what I said, I'd get in trouble. Look, I have a lot of faith in the Lord and believe me, I don't think he'd want to hear what I'd have to say. Our law enforcement is doing their very best. It's just a terrible time these guys are going through right now. Everyone seems to hate police right now. Eric Garner's family condemned it, yet they are rocking the boat when it comes to these protests. Al Sharpton say he's getting death threats, well he's bringing it on himself. Maybe people need to just sit their butts down and say: "Why are we doing this... we're not solving anything."
Person: What do you think of the Mayor of New York.
Me: Bill de Blasio is probably the biggest savage on the planet. He's taking away some of the most historic items that NYC has had since the 1800s like horse drawn carriages. De Blasio (aka Mayor Big Bird) is just egging the protests on and now the NYPD (who had a lot of class) want him to resign in the wake of this and he's taking a lot of heat from the teacher's unions of NYC too. De Blasio completely ignored what happened with NY's finest. The mayor IGNORED THE WARNINGS FROM BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE TOO! Yeah, way to go Warren Wilhelm! That's his actual name: Warren Wilhelm.
Person: Commissioner Batts was accused of using the wrong choice of words when a cop near Mondawmin was gunned down.
Me: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake needs to shut her ass up. She was standing RIGHT THERE when he made those comments. Does she not understand that Commissioner Batts made a good choice in words saying: Where are the protests for those on the line of duty. They don't deserve this.
Person: And you don't suppose...
Me: Look I have friends in the order of police. They are ones that put on their lives on the line. If you can't support them, stand in front of them.
Person: Moving on to another topic... Ready for Christmas?
Me: Absolutely, Christmas is a great time of the year! It's a night where we marvel at the birth of our savior! Shopping done... Food bought... we're set!
Person: You really ripped into atheists lately... what's up with that?
Me: If you look at the stat sheet, atheists have managed to win 90% of the cases involving one person complaining about so called "OFFENSIVE" Christmas decor and nativity scenes. This year alone, 190 lawsuits, they won 157, lost 22, deadlocked 11 of them. There should be no war on Christmas. Christ is the reason for the season.
Person: Why a war on Christmas?
Me: Atheists find ways to try and kill the season. If there was no Jesus, we'd have no Christmas. Without the wise men? No gift-giving! It would just be another day on the calendar. I expressed my thoughts in an earlier blog.
Person: What's your favorite food of the Christmas season?
Me: Probably ham and apple pie. I'm making my delicious dip with triscuits for the party. We're expecting at least 32 people for Thursday's main event.
Person: Christmas Eve, tell me about that.
Me: Ever since I joined the choir, it was time to sign the lord's praises for his birth. There's always a good message during the service. One year, Pastor Mark talked about Mr. Machine... Another year, Dr. Carroll Yingling spoke about why we can't be afraid on Christmas... This year, who knows what's up his sleeve. He always has a great speech to give. Something that's happy and makes us all feel good this grand night of nights. The choir will usually have 5 songs with the ultimate anthem at the end of the hallelujah chorus. As with de jure policy, all people must remain standing during the hallelujah chorus.... and.
Person: Huh? I thought everyone just sat down and listened
Me: Nope. Legend states in 1743, King George II was so moved by the hallelujah chorus, that he stood in reverence of the "Lord of Lords" and when the King stands... EVERYONE STANDS!
Person: Odd... but none the less, fascinating it seems.
Me: That's when I have to turn the volume up to 11 to get everyone to hear me. It's probably one of the most finest pieces of music ever done. It is however dictated that we should be singing it at Easter.
Person: It sounds like a wonderful service.
Me: It definitely is. The church makes the most out of its night by hosting 3 services beginning at 5pm with the Kids and Family "Merry Mayhem" service with skits and fun stuff. At 7pm, it's the contemporary adonai service with the praise band and the theatre lighting. At 10:45pm, that's the main event, I call it our "Conference Championship" of services.
Person; Conference Championship?
Me: Yeah, it's definitely one of our prime services. Easter's the Super Bowl. Near the end of the service, people sing in candlelight: "Silent Night" and the atmosphere is just so quiet. It's amazing to see. O come all ye faithful is what kicks off the service and it's done with a BANG.
Person: You got titles for everything, don't you.
Me: Definitely. Christmas is a huge time of the year.
Person: I guess I'll be seeing you... next year.
Me: Yep!
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