alarums & excursions

At the store where I work she said, she said, “I thought you guys shared a door with that Christian book store, and I got scared for a minute.”

& on my hat a silver fish an old school symbol of the faith.

You know I heard back in the day people used to draw half of the symbol and if the other person was a believer then they finished the symbol,

but I didn’t ask her why she was scared no I “I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.”

In my mind, she comes back.

I kneel down and in the berber I draw a small arc.

I stand up and she looks scared shitless now.

I know the televangelists (NOW JUST PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE TELEVISION, WHOA JESUS NOW, PRAISE GOD!!!) might be something to fear, and the idea of a group of people who preach kindness and forgiveness being so rude and hostile is a scary thing in and of itself,

but please

we’re not all like that, us Christians.