Back when I was in college, a traveling evangelist named Jed Smock would often come by colleges preaching. An article in Wikipedia describes his style as "confrontational evangelism." Although he readily confesses to his own misspent youth and his conversion, he was viewed skeptically by many. During one of "Brother Jed's" visits, exasperated members of one campus evangelical organization put up banners saying that "There is sanity in Christianity!"
One at least one occasion, Jed brought along his wife, "Sister Cindy," who described herself as "a former disco queen" who had reformed. My sister indignantly reported to the rest of the family that Sister Cindy had admonished the women in the crowd that, before they accepted a marriage proposal, to ask their potential future husband, "Will you make me obey you?"
Without missing a beat, my mother remarked, "It might be more appropriate to ask, 'Can you make me obey you?'"
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I loved your Mother's analysis of "Sister Cindy's" asinine suggestions to future Total Women brides in the audience. Perhaps "Sister Cindy" made a mistake in giving up her God given calling a a Disco Queen to become a relationship counselor.
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