lent, day 42

another bright day on the line. two short passes and then two hours of tight church corners.

i was stopped by two drivers and got to talk a while.

both sets of people said they have seen me walking "all the time" and wanted to ask.

and there's the good news:  that corner and the williston federated church are becoming associated with my message and my protest.

people don't have to agree or approve as long as i can make the association stick.

why?

because when i was turned out, i was told that it was making people "too uncomfortable" for me to talk about what happened to me. how uncomfortable are you all NOW?

when i was turned out, i was told "if this is true, we have to fire the pastor".

by turning me out, they were telling me my experience was a lie.

so nobody has the choice not to talk about it anymore. nobody has the choice not to be uncomfortable anymore.

my sign and my message get to be more or less permanently associated with that church. that is to me an acceptable compensation for my trouble.

and as i closed my day there was one last cheerful honk and wave to put the last word on it.

it is light and liberating and good.