FW: Sermon on water skiing

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Sermon
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<A preacher became frustrated that a large part
<of his congregation was going water skiing on Sunday,
<rather than coming to church, so he told his wife,
<"This Sunday, I'm going to preach about the evils of
<water skiing on Sunday."
<
<"What!" she exclaimed. "That's a silly thing to
<preach about!"
<
<"I don't think so," he said, "It's a problem we need
<to address."
<
<Next Sunday as they were driving to church, the wife
<asks the preacher what he was going to preach about,
<somewhat warily.
<
<"As I told you," he said, "I'm going to preach about
<the evils of water skiing on Sundays."
<
<"That's idiotic!" the wife says. "First of all, it's a
<dumb sermon topic, and second, the people who need to
<hear it won't be in church! Why don't you preach about
<sex or something people are interested in?"
<
<"Nope. The Lord wants me to preach about the evils of
<water-skiing on Sundays, and that's what I'm preaching
<about," he said firmly.
<
<The wife says, "Well, I'm not going to sit through a
<stupid sermon like that. I'm staying in the car. You
<can tell the congregation I'm sick or something."
<And she stayed in the car.
<
<As the preacher was walking from the car to his study
<at the church, he got to thinking maybe his wife was
<right, and he changed his mind and gave a brilliant
<extemporaneous sermon on sex in modern society.
<
<When the service was over, one of the parishioners
<stopped by the preacher's car and said to the pastor's wife,
<
<"I'm sorry you're not feeling well this morning. Your
<husband gave the finest sermon today that he's ever
<given since coming to this parish."
<
<"I don't know why he thinks he's such an expert
<on the subject," the wife snapped. "He's only tried it
<twice, and he fell off both times!"