Jeff’s Journal

You put me on a pedestal
     by creating a statue in my honor.

The likeness is remarkable
     right down to the khaki pants
     and plaid shirt.

I have my hands in my pockets
     and a smile on my face.

There isn’t a hair out of place
     and I think the statue takes
     off 30 pounds, in scale
     model terms.

It was delivered for Holy Humor
     Sunday and came a little late,
     so the presentation was the 14^th.

Everyone laughed with the five or six
     co-conspirators who made this happen.

If you haven’t seen it, the statue
     is about 8 inches tall, attached to
     a pedestal which is maybe 3/8
     of an inch tall.

What makes it hilarious
     is that it is a bobble head creation.
     The head is attached to a spring.
     When you touch it, the head
     vibrates slightly up and down and
     side to side.

You might say it is what I least expected
     to happen Sunday.

You might also say, that I am beginning
     to expect the unexpected from my
     associate, the Reverend Tracy Parker.

I keep wondering in which class at
     Seminary she learned such things.

We have had a lot of fun with this since
     Sunday. If you haven’t seen it, and want
     to, stop by the church office.

Have a laugh at my expense.

I am going to tell my colleagues that
     I have had a statue erected in my honor
     in Paris. (Honor may be stretching the
     truth a bit.)

Keep laughing. It is good for the soul.

Moving to the deeper place,

Jeff