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the bear went over the mountain...and met Moses on the other side...
Preaching to a bear...
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>A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi all served as chaplains to
the
>students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette.They would get
>together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.One day,
>someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really all that
>hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear.One thing led to
another
>and they decided to do an experiment They would all go out into the
woods,
>find a bear,preach to it, and attempt to convert it.Seven days later,
>they're all together to discuss the experience.Father Flannery, who has
his
>arm in a sling, is on crutches,and has various bandages, goes
first."Well,"
>he says, "I went into the woods to find me a bear.And when I found him
I
>began to read to him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing
to
>do with me and began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my
holy water,
>sprinkled him and, Holy Mary Mother of God,he became as gentle a lamb.
The
>bishop is coming out next week to give him first communion and
>confirmation."Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a
wheelchair,with an
>arm and both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and
brimstone
>oratory he claimed, "WELL brothers,you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I
went
>out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from
>God's HOLY WORD!But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took
HOLD of
>him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill,UP another and
DOWN
>another until we came to a creek.So I quick DUNKED him and BAPTIZED
his
>hairy soul.And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb.We
spent
>the rest of the time praising Jesus."They both looked down at the
rabbi,
>who was lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction
with
>IV's and monitors running in and out of him. He was in bad shape.The
rabbi
>looks up and says, "Looking back on it,circumcision may not have been
the
>best way to start things out with my bear". 
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| August 9, 2007, 22:37 |
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mystic1
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Vermillion, South Dakota, US
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Re: the bear went over the mountain...and met Moses on the other side...
the hazards of "preachin to a bear"!!! 
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| August 14, 2007, 09:26 |
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