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ttend i had been visiting the farm for six weeks from june into july and it was my first time away from my parents the farmhouse had no television only a radio by the third day of no cartoons i had the shakes and a low grade fever i did bring my red ryder bb gun and enough ammo for a summer s worth of popping some of my grandmother s five hundred chickens the bbs bounced off their thick feathers so none were harmed other than throwing dirt clods at rattle snakes it was all the entertainment i could muster granny was a wise cherokee medical shaman and self proclaimed texas biblical scholar and she felt a week at the baptist church vacation bible school would fix me up and assure my acceptance into heaven i had no idea where heaven was or when i would be required to visit so i trusted my granny would make my reservations miss ida belle mae and her younger sister rita rose mae are the self appointed teachers of our bible school class of 25 children ages 6 to 10 homely as a sack of poultry feed the two are old maids and prolific spinsters rumored to survive on a tidy income from a single pumping oil well on their farm it has been a long standing gambling bet at the domino parlor that that gasping little well will give it up to date no one has won the wager when the holidays come around the two sisters are rumored to donate a substantial sum to the church to appease the ladies and keep the money flowing the kind but timid preacher is forced to let them do what they please their pleasure this summer will be teaching bible school the preacher will regret this decision on the first day of bible school our class cut pasted and signed 270 prayer cards for the sick and unfortunate children in africa quite a feat for 25 kids most of us were injured and bleeding from paper cuts and glue poisoning from licking the envelopes my tongue swelled up the size of a buttery biscuit the kid beside me glued his lips shut and miss ida had to pry them open with a spoon and a douse of grape kool aid miss ida sent us outside to lounge under the trees and recover from our stint on her assembly line there is no recovery it s 96 degrees and not a rustle of a breeze but it s better than forced child labor a black cadillac sedan stops in front of the church and an older lady escorts a boy of maybe nine or ten into the main building the kid wears a black suit white shirt and red bow tie we assume he is here for a funeral or a baptism but don t care because it s too hot to move or think miss ida rings the lunch bell yummy peanut butter grape jelly sandwiches and lukewarm kool aid await the usual menu for bible school attendees after we are seated miss ida brings the suited boy to the front of the class she is beaming like a schoolgirl attending her first prom in a giddy voice she addresses us children i would like to introduce master stewart swee t his daddy is the famous tent preaching evangelist and faith healer from san angelo the right and honorable doctor i m sweet master stewart will attend our bible school and lead the children s bible study on sundays for a few weeks i can assure you that he is quite capable since he has read the bible three times all before he was six years of age and preaches at his father s tent revivals miss ida doesn t know this kid s back story nor do we but it will soon come to light as a class in childish camaraderie we are unimpressed and instantly dislike this brat will this kid dressed as a department store dummy preach to us about sin and saving our little souls at our young age the worst thing we could have done is tell a few small lies steal a cookie or shoot a chicken with a bb gun hell and damnation are years away for most of us young master stewart steps from behind miss ida s table and slams his ten pound bible down on the floor so hard it sounds like a firecracker a few girls in front are shaken and begin to whimper the young preacher stewart raises his hands to the heavens and launches into a tirade that can only be considered appropriate for adults designated to luncheon with beelzebub within the hour after ten minutes of our first fiery sermon we are ready to wrap this kid in scotch tape and send him to africa with the prayer card suddenly he stops and begins to bless our food he bows his head and in a reverent whisper says dear lord these children wretched little hayseeds that they are cannot survive on the butter of the peter pan and the mush of welches they need a substantial amount sustenance so they may be healthy to accept your holy spirit starting tomorrow a glorious feast of grilled sausages wrapped in soft buns the salad of the potato and the ruby red fruit of the melon will be their manna from heaven amen miss ida is speechless the little preacher kid has called her food garbage and she has to sit there and take it the class is now a bit impressed this kid is good the sisters rattled by young sweets blessing need time to recover and devise a plan to send this kid back to san angelo as soon as possible so they send the class outside to suffer in the heat again miss rita delivers the ice cream freezer and instructs two larger boys to start churning for the afternoon dessert allowing us to have ice cream may be the only kindness these two witches grant us twenty five minutes into the churning the ice cream remains a pitiful mush now impatient for their treat the class gathers around the freezer demanding an explanation we are kids and know nothing about how these machines work you add ice salt liquid and chur that s all we know young stewart parts the crowd and approaches the ice cream freezer he kneels and places both hands on the contraption in a soft almost inaudible voice he says a small prayer and violently shakes the machine a few times he rises and declares there shall be delectable ice cream in five minutes he is right this ice cream might be the best we have tasted in our young lives little master stewart fixed the ice cream machine a girl calls it a miracle after ice cream miss ida calls the class for bible study and a story her stories are known to last too long and kids tend to lose interest and fall asleep her voice is that of an older man who smokes two packs of camels daily raspy and accentuated by the occasional hack bitsy the smallest and youngest girl in class is seated at the front table and is in distress the new kids in the class are unaware that she has an immobilizing speech defect she stutters and her vocabulary is limited to a simple yes or no the little girl is wide eyed and squirming in her chair miss ida knows her problem and when bitsy politely raises her hand to request a bathroom visit miss ida insists that she must stand and ask aloud in front of the class of course bitsy immobilized with fear and embarrassment wets her pants miss ida snickers and calls her a little baby child we all knew these two sisters were mean but now we know they are darn right evil master stewart comes from the rear of the class and stops in front of bits he turns and gives the two sisters a stink eye that makes them fall back into their chairs white with fear he bends down takes bitsy s head in his tiny hands and declares take this affliction from this small child purvey upon her the diction of william shakespeare and the wisdom of mark twain let her words flow forth like the singing of doves on the south wind she will never again stammer or grasp for words and will someday speak to massive gatherings of people who will clamor to hear her message amen the class sits in stunned silence healing the ice cream machine was a warm up compared to this a girl from the back of the room yells thank you sweet baby jesus and there it is young stewart will now be known as sweet baby jesus or just sweet baby for short miss ida and miss rita sit rigidly in their chairs eyes glazed and staring into nothing the amount of stink eye stewart now known as sweet baby jesus put on them must be compelling he approaches the two women lays his small soft hands on their wrinkled sweating foreheads and mumbles a few words his back is to the class so we have no idea what is said the two evil sisters shiver a few times and awaken from their stink eye trance they stand gather themselves and tell the class they are going home master stewart will teach for the duration of the bible school they depart the church as if in a zombie trance sweet baby jesus takes his bible sits on the edge of miss idas desk smiles and says now let s hear some real bible stories straight from the source it was a beautiful afternoon full of unexpected laughter and acceptance for once we kids found that listening to the word of god from another kid made us feel good sort of like hot oatmeal on christmas morning the following day the preacher greets us with the news that young stewart is back in san angelo and will teach the class for the remainder of bible school of course we were sad to see our new sweet baby jesus depart our bible school bitsy in between constant talking sniffles and wishes him the best the class wrote a letter to sweet baby thanking him for his kindness to bitsy and for putting the evil sisters in their place i attended the vacation bible school for a few more summers but it wasn t the same without sweet baby and i attended my last one at eight years old a few decades later i read that the right and honorable reverend stewart sweet with assistance from his wife bitsy had established an enormous ministry in africa and healed everything from beri beri to auto engines it looks like sweet baby jesus is still doing a great job share this share on x opens in new window x share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on mastodon opens in new window mastodon share on nextdoor opens in new window nextdoor share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on telegram opens in new window telegram share on whatsapp opens in 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from the back of our house the railroad furnished us the perfect weapon for rock fights just the right size and weight and hard edges that would raise a welt on young tender skin georgie our neighborhood firebug and the biggest titty baby of our gang took one rock to the nose and had to have stitches so our parents after a series of butt whoopings ended that form of warfare we still had bb guns so that replaced the rocks but presented a greater danger of shooting one s eye out like the classic 1984 movie a christmas story not a one of us or our enemy lost an eye but those bbs did sting through our jeans and t shirts that description of past juvenile antics brings me to this point we meaning the american public and families are still chucking rocks at each other not actual stones but words and actions driven by news paper articles television news social media platforms and the newest form of ammunition is the smartphone text they re all the same and they hurt more than a small rock to the head and sometimes the wound never heals political and religious tribalism is the newest and the worst form of family alienation i know firsthand because i go through it daily and so does my wife momo our children and a few fair weather friends and relatives are liberal democrats and we are conservative christians so we are easy accessible targets for alienation from their la la land of beliefs and ideology we are not pious bible beaters and sure we drink cocktails and wine and beer and we were teenagers with long hair rock band playing fools and a bit wild back in the 1960s we weren t real hippies but more of a middle class version that bathed every day and didn t hang out with the manson family we didn t care for the vietnam war but we darn sure didn t burn buildings assault the police and citizens and cheer on socialism like the younguns of today do so freely without guilt my grandfather once told me that to get along with family never talk politics or religion and he was correct my father s extended family on his mother s side all lived in fort worth within a few blocks of each other during summer cookouts a few of them always got into rabid arguments over politics and sometimes religion most of them were good hard drinking night club dancing baptists but a couple were catholic so it was bound to happen fists flew beer bottles zipped by our heads and uncles and cousins rolled in the grass until one gave up but that was the end of the disagreement it didn t go past the backyard fun at least not until the next get together i cringe at using the term back in the day and the good old days but that s when we were civil to each other and didn t alienate family and friends today it s a different world that i don t recognize indoctrination and tribalism go hand in hand the political tribalism goes both ways each party is its own and you insert religion and lack of belief in god and jesus into the encampments and it becomes a toxic mix that has ruined many a family gathering and destroyed relationships now we have texting which is the worst form of communication i will admit we use it to communicate with our church s music ministry friends and family it s so easy so non committing so bland so lacking in tonality and reality that a simple few phrases can be taken as an insult or call to arms it also signals that i don t want to have a real conversation because that requires actual interaction and brain power to think about what you are talking about texting is the newest form of ignoring human interaction it says i m too busy to have a conversation or what you have to say is not worth my valuable time texting is here to stay unless elon musk invents a brain chip implant that lets us communicate our thoughts via starlink i m looking forward to that implant share this share on x opens in new window x share on bluesky opens in new window bluesky share on mastodon opens in new window mastodon share on nextdoor opens in new window nextdoor share 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