[Magdalen] Palm Sunday procession leaders

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I was attending a student recital at a college.  A young lady was playing a
classical selection on the guitar.  As she played an older gentleman
quietly moved up the aisle. He took a picture of her using a flash.  It was
a Polaroid Land camera.*  She never missed a beat, but I bet somebody got a
talking to on the way home.

To give credit, the audience did not react at all, perhaps because they
were just too stunned. I know I was.

* When you took a picture, it went "Whirrrrrrr-WHIRRRRRRRR-rrrrrr <clank!>"

I think we all felt enormous pity for the young lady -- and probably for
the father who only realized what he had done after it was too late.

That was one of those cat-by-the-tail moments, I think.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 3:30 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have to say, I bet I've heard five thousand sermons and homilies
> in my life. most were good, a few were spectacular, a few were
> dreadful. But very few sermons spoke to me with as much drama
> and force as those velcro tabs.
>
> They're right when they say you can never know in advance what
> effect your words (or other expressions) will have on a congregation.
> -M
>