[George W. Bush]

What's she doing "shaking" them at the storm clouds?

Figure of speech. She was just teasing me. I'm on pretty good terms with some of my Catholic neighbors. Good-natured ribbing but no one trying for ecumenical dialog. I think I softened them up when I went to their church to play hymns for Advent (recorded on Clavinova for worship). I did stress that I couldn't play the masses or Eucharist praises or any song with a title like "The Pope Says The Baptists Are All Going To Hell". And I still have a full set of Roman Catholic missals, something few Baptists have by their piano.

An outright ecumenical scandal. Much giggling ensued.

Did me some good as I had to repent a few tiny bits of harshness toward Rome and particularly not to be dismissive of the faith and devotion of many Catholics to Jesus, despite the opinions held by their hierarchy. BTW, I did consult the local Baptist clergy and deacons and they offered no objections. After all, we sing all the same Christmas songs. There's more to the story and it's rather humorous but too long to tell. I did play a non-Christmas song too. I think it's called Memoriam C, a song requested by the priest because he liked it for worship. I had no doctrinal objection to it.

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"Did me some good as I had to repent a few tiny bits of harshness toward Rome and particularly not to be dismissive of the faith and devotion of many Catholics to Jesus, despite the opinions held by their hierarchy. "

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God bless you. It's the first step in evangelizing. In my church 25% of our members are former RC's and it can be hard for them because of what they've been taught. IOW, if you leave the church you will lose your grace.