Father Snort

Brad Sullivan Proper 27, Year B November 8, 2015 Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Bay City, TX Mark 12:38-44 “Give, Give!” (yes, it’s sarcastic) “Give, give! Give, give! Give, give! Give, give, give, give!” That was a song that a comedy group in Houston called “Radio Music Theater” used to sing. They were a group of three comedians who wrote and starred in plays in which they all played multiple characters, and the “give give song” was from a collection of their shows in which three of the characters were Televangelist Jiffy Dillard and his faithful cohort of heartstring pulling, Bible thumping profiteers. They didn’t talk much about the grace of Jesus, mostly just about “wicked, wicked sin,” and the need of people to give so that with the power of Jesus, Jiffy Dillard could fight the wicked, wicked sin. Give. Give till it hurts. Give ‘cause God ne