Smicksburg Tales 1,2 & 3 (Amish Knitting Circle, Amish Friends Knitting Circle & Amish Knit Lit Cirlce ~ Complete Series: 888 pages for Granny Weaver Lovers and 30+ Amish Recipes by Vogel Karen Anna

Author:Vogel, Karen Anna [Vogel, Karen Anna]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Lamb Books
Published: 2014-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

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Joe clucked his tongue audibly and Janice turned around, eyebrows high. Marge elbowed him, and he turned to her. “How many people are in on this?”

“What?”

“My conversion.”

“What?”

Joe winced as the children standing in front of the church sang Bullfrogs and Butterflies have both been born again over and over again. Then the lady, who was up there with them pointing to the overhead projector, asked them to sing along. He soon heard Marge sing and clap her hands:

Joe was so outraged; he just stared at the words. He sighed in relief when the song was over. Everyone clapped for the kids, but Joe clenched his fists. A little boy came forward. “Next week, we’ll sing another song from Agapeland, called, Diamond In the Rough.” The lady with the children thanked the congregation for giving to the children’s ministry, and talked about Agapeland again. She seemed to be staring at Joe.

He turned to Marge again. “What in the world is she talking about?”

“Agapeland. It’s music the kids love.”

He felt sweat forming on his upper lip. It was August, but at seven o’clock, it cooled down a bit. Or was his blood boiling! He always thought Marge should have chosen a military career. She could muster up an attack from several fronts. When she wanted to move up to Smicksburg, how many people “just happened” to bring up how exciting it would be to live off-the-grid? Yes, he was sure Jenny’s butterfly story, Jeb’s talk, and now this whole church was in on her mission. How many had contributed to the Save Joe Smith Campaign?

The spirited woman told the children to take their seats, and then smiled at the audience, a little too happy. “I told yinz I had a surprise, and here he is. My dear friends from Pittsburgh, Mike and Cheri Lee. And Mike is going to sing an original song for us. Come on up, Mike!”

The middle-aged Chinese man seemed dwarfed in comparison to the size of his large acoustic guitar. When he turned to talk to the lady, Joe saw that his guitar strap read Jesus Saves across the back, and moaned.

“What’s wrong, Honey?” Marge asked sweetly.

“Oh, nothing,” he said evenly. “But I’m on to you, Marge. I’m not the village idiot. One more thing, and I’m out of here.”

He looked ahead, but could feel Marge’s eye bore into his head. But he was not as easily brainwashed as she was, and still had his full senses.

Mike Lee tapped the microphone. “Can you hear me?”

“Yes,” everyone chanted back.

“Okay. It is so good to be here with you fine people. I wrote this song for prisoners in maximum security in Pittsburgh. But you don’t have to be in a physical jail to be a prisoner. Maybe some of you are in a jail of your own making, trapped and can’t get out. Unforgiveness, being judgmental, and so many other things can forge bars much stronger than any jail. So, examine your hearts as I sing, When Your Heart is

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