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Church Jokes From the Fourth Pew at Tanner Creek

Gentle church jokes from the fourth pew: thermostat wars, potluck mystery dishes, Sunday school answers and a husband who rests during the sermon.

HumorHattie Lane5 min read

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The Blue Plate at the End of the Table

Every Thanksgiving, Mama set one blue willow plate for whoever the Lord might send. The first year without her, someone rang the bell with a store-bought pie.

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Who Raises the Flag at Bell Prairie Elementary

For nineteen years a Vietnam veteran raised a school flag before the buses came. When he asked a friend to fill in, a fourth grader told him about the names.

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The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.

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