In which Marvin recounts a wonderful time he had at church learning how to cut out his eye and chop off his hand. Then he bonds with Soon (and the world) in the produce asile at his local supermarket. 
The other day I received the following e-mail from Susanne, a woman who found out her some years ago that her husband has same-sex attractions. I felt so moved by her words that I asked her permission to share them with you on the blog. I (recently) saw your Doin Time... and I was the one who asked about your wife during the discussion period that followed. I just read your thoughts on What About the Spouse ....and I can say, most women who find out their husbands are gay feel ALL of those things you wondered about....some in more degrees than others... When my husband was dragged out of the closet because of his irreverent, immoral, and amoral behavior that our, then, 14 and 16 year old sons had to find on our home computer, I went into the closet. I didn't know what to pray for.... Do I pray that this will go away? Do I pray that he could go back to the way things were in our family before we knew about him,? Do I pray that I could go back to the way things were? After all ,...
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Oh Lord...You know Marvin I've developed quite a fondness for you. But I gotta tell you, that word from the Lord was a bit of a stretch and that comes from one [me] who grew up in the Faith Movement. The scripture in question does seem to suggest that it is better to enter Heaven maimed...BUT, I don't think it's applicable to the situation at hand. I think the Lord's Prayer (forgive us our tresspasses as WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESSPASS AGAINST US) might be the more appropriate scripture in your relationship with Brother Juan.
Peace be with you!
j.