I remember Pastor Jim using the captain’s console as a pulpit and the choir sitting up front. We’d all watch from shore. After a spot on national TV, he was a star. Took all the money and built the church of his dreams.
That place? Really?
We’re a small town, you know.
And now that he’s made the big time, he’s selling the boat?
Well, sort of.
Sort of?
He was awful, people only came for the spectacle of his being on the water. Pastor Jim is selling the boat to raise funds to convert the church into a restaurant.
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What will he call the restaurant?
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lol, I hadn’t thought of it, and most of the names I come up with would get me in trouble… Hmm, perhaps ‘Big Jim’s Steak and Sermon House” or maybe “The Pastor’s Pasture”.
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🤔Exaltasteyum?
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lol, that works
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Well, people do love food. All the more an incentive to attend church ;)
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As long as his cooking is better than his preaching, perhaps he will finally be able to fill those seats.
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If he will soon be chef Jim, heaven help his audience
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I hope his cooking is better than his preaching! His sermons already leave a bad taste in the mouth….
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There are so many “Pastor Jims” in this world; it’s mind boggling.
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There are – it wasn’t hard to come up with a model for this character.
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I loved the ending. It made me snicker. Well done!
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Thanks, Brenda!
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If Peter Popoff’s ‘Miracle Spring Water’ can be sold on TV, anything is possible. :-)
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People actually buy it? That is a miracle ;) I do think anything is possible.
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Ha! Love it, hilarious!
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Thanks!
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It’s guys like him that give pastors a bad name that not all of them deserve. Well written–convincing.
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There are some more into themselves than the message they are supposed to be delivering, and, yes, it does taint others who deserve better. Thanks.
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I could totally see this really happening in the south! 😂
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Turning it into a restaurant? I thought it was the church of his dreams?? (That’s what I would tell him:) My weekly smile is the new phone provider hubs signed up for which is only a/3 of Verizon:)
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He was a person who was much more about his ego than his message. Preaching the holiness of Pastor Jim made a good sideshow on his boat, but nobody wanted to actually join his new home-brewed denomination.
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Ah, Pastor Jim seems a bit of an business man rather than a preacher.
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He’s trying to be a business man, but I’m not sure if he is any better at that than he is at preaching.
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Yep… seeing that happen in real life all too many times. GReat story.
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Wheeling, dealing, selling religion by the pound… yep, it does happen too often. Thanks.
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Pastor Jim always seems to be selling something doesn’t he. Remember Jim Bakker from some years back? He grew up in my home town.
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I do remember Jim Bakker. I think Pastor James would be right up there with Jim if he only knew how…
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Trent, not to belabor things, but have you seen the movie, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”? I have to admit I’m not real thrilled with how they spun her as a victim in it.
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I remember when the movie came out, but didn’t see it. If they made her out as a victim, well, I guess I didn’t miss much…
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Haha! Good one.
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Thanks, Sadje!
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You’re most welcome
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A pastor and an entrepreneur it seems!
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Yes, he thinks he can get ahead by giving them what they want, he’s just a little hazy on exactly what that might be….
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Dear Trent,
It sounds as if Pastor Jim was more interested in spreading his fame than the gospel. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yes, he is more interested in the audience than any message he might deliver. Thanks.
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