Miss Julia Renews Her Vows
Miss Julia Renews Her Vows
“I said, as she pushed through the swinging door and came back into the kitchen. I was still bemused by Emma Sue’s revelation of the difficulty of being in bed with her pastor. “Lillian,” I said again, “have you ever thought of your pastor as a regular man? I mean, like he’s a husband?”
“No’m, not mine.”
“Oh, I’m not talking about your pastor in particular. I’m just wondering about men of the cloth in general. I’d think it’d be a little disconcerting to be married to a man who puts on a pastoral... robe and stands up in a pulpit to deliver the word of God, and then go home with him and, you know, be his wife.”
She studied me a minute. “I tell you the truth, Miss Julia. It never cross my mind, ’cept for oncet a long time ago when we had this young preacher come for the summer. I thought about him takin’ off that robe all summer long.”
I laughed. “Well, you were young then. But I was just thinking it would be hard for a pastor’s wife to switch back and forth.MoreLess
“No’m, not mine.”
“Oh, I’m not talking about your pastor in particular. I’m just wondering about men of the cloth in general. I’d think it’d be a little disconcerting to be married to a man who puts on a pastoral... robe and stands up in a pulpit to deliver the word of God, and then go home with him and, you know, be his wife.”
She studied me a minute. “I tell you the truth, Miss Julia. It never cross my mind, ’cept for oncet a long time ago when we had this young preacher come for the summer. I thought about him takin’ off that robe all summer long.”
I laughed. “Well, you were young then. But I was just thinking it would be hard for a pastor’s wife to switch back and forth.MoreLess
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