Episode Twenty Six: Better to struggle than to burn
Mike Minor heard the knock on the door, and grimly walked over and opened it. It was Charlene again, the supposedly ex-lesbian maid. She held up a book. “I guess this is yours. It got mixed up with my cleaning stuff.”
“Of course it did.” Minor by now knew this book very well. One of the sermons was Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God, by Jonathan Edwards. “Right, the I’m-going-to-hell-book.”
“Repent, Mike. Turn from your sins. Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved. Just–”
“Want to come in?” Minor stepped aside, and she entered. “Sit down,” he said politely. “You Christians are like pit bulls.”
Charlene was tall, and tanned, and her blond braids fell to her shoulders. “He wants you, Mike. That is wonderful.”
“Look, first of all, I don’t believe you are not a lesbian. Second of all, I can’t change how I was born.”
She shrugged. “Better to struggle than to burn.”
“Well, thank you, that’s uplifting.”
To be continued…
Episodes of Attack of the Evange-hellicals:
1. How to silence the black Bishop: HERE
2. The Bishop and the televised lie: HERE
3. C.R.O.C.-o-matic: HERE
4. Declaration of Courtesy: HERE
Announcement: Evange-hellicals Anonymous help available: HERE
5. The LORD is a man of war (Exodus 15:3): HERE
Newsbreak: Unhappy Evange-hellicals Anonymous member speaks out: HERE
6. The Fleas and Pets Newsletter: HERE
7. Enough with the propaganda points: HERE
Intermission: Popcorn half price for evangelicals: SNACKS
8. Espresso with the Just Jesus Christian: HERE
9. Nothing he could say: HERE
Advertisement: Universalist “Big Tent” Toy Set For The Kids! HERE
10. Episco-contemplatives: HERE
10.5 Jenni Botswana knows the Lion HERE
11. What is happening HERE
12. Howls and Lamentations HERE
13. Unholy Times and an Unholy People: HERE
14. Jenni Botswana, Early Bird: HERE
15. The evangelist and the rotting fruit: HERE
15.5 Fleas and Heretics HERE
Evange-Smellicals Perfume Commercial: SNIFF
16. Gay Activist and the Puritan Preacher: HERE
17. HELL’S BELLS: HERE
18. Homo-Universalism: HERE
19. Evange-hellicals and People of the Book: HERE
Infomercial: Evange-hellicals Bible sells out first day: HERE
20. Gomer Joe’s Bar: HERE
21. Return of the Anti-Flea Sauce HERE
22. Hanratty praying, the enemy preying: HERE
Announcement: Talking Evange-tellicals in our lobby! HERE
23. “What, you’re a reformed lesbian?” HERE
24. This thing that is upon us: HERE
25. What a beautiful girl: HERE
26. Better to struggle than burn: HERE
27. The Street Preacher HERE
28: Epilogue: Rifles and Parade: HERE
copyright 2010 John Lanagan
This is a work of fiction and all characters are fictitious.
A long break and hopefully a quick wrapup. Thanks, Pearl.
Yea! It’s back! I was wondering about this just a few days ago: thought it might be going on to press or something.
Thanks, Manfred. What a Word!
Amen, John. Your headline reminds me of James 1:12 – “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.”