The Sermon

I went to mass yesterday in the Episcopal Church. I slipped into the church in the middle of the Pastor's sermon. The sermon rang through the quiet church, only half full. Not a very successful flock, I thought. At least in numbers. the Pastor's sermon spoke of giving, how expensive the cost of running the church had become. Just like that, he lost me. He did not understand "giving," he understood "taking." I jumped up and left, never to return.