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A priest, a Pentecostal preacher and a Rabbi all served as chaplains
>> to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
>>
>> They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to
>> talk shop.
>>
>> One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't
>> really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear.
>>
>> One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment. They
>> would all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt
>> to convert it.
>>
>> Seven days later, they're all together to discuss the experience.
>>
>> Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has
>> various bandages, goes first. "Well," he says, "I went into the woods to
>> find me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the
>> Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap
>> me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy
>> Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle a lamb. The bishop is coming out
>> next week to give him first communion and confirmation."
>>
>> Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm
>> and both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone
>> oratory he claimed, "WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I
>> went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to him from
>> God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took
>> HOLD of him and we began to rassle. We rassled down one hill, UP another
>> and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED him and
>> BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a
>> lamb. We spent the rest of the week in Fellowship, feasting on God's Holy
>> Word, and praising Jesus."
>>
>> They both looked down at the rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed.
>> He was in a body cast and traction with IV's and monitors running in and
>> out of him. He was in bad shape.
>>
>> The rabbi looks up and says, "You fellows don't even know what
>> trouble is until you try to circumcise a bear."
>> to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
>>
>> They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to
>> talk shop.
>>
>> One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't
>> really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear.
>>
>> One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment. They
>> would all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt
>> to convert it.
>>
>> Seven days later, they're all together to discuss the experience.
>>
>> Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has
>> various bandages, goes first. "Well," he says, "I went into the woods to
>> find me a bear. And when I found him I began to read to him from the
>> Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap
>> me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy
>> Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle a lamb. The bishop is coming out
>> next week to give him first communion and confirmation."
>>
>> Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm
>> and both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone
>> oratory he claimed, "WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I
>> went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to him from
>> God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took
>> HOLD of him and we began to rassle. We rassled down one hill, UP another
>> and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED him and
>> BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a
>> lamb. We spent the rest of the week in Fellowship, feasting on God's Holy
>> Word, and praising Jesus."
>>
>> They both looked down at the rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed.
>> He was in a body cast and traction with IV's and monitors running in and
>> out of him. He was in bad shape.
>>
>> The rabbi looks up and says, "You fellows don't even know what
>> trouble is until you try to circumcise a bear."
