19 Aug 05 Ping Pong Power

So, can you withdraw fellowship from someone for beating you in Ping Pong?

We had some work to do last night preparing the church provided residence for our incoming Associate minister. I called one of our members, who has been hinting and begging to play ping pong with me, to come and help with the work holding out the promise of ping pong. It’s all in how you motivate the troops. We worked and accomplished our objectives and then set about to participate in the sport of table tennis.

We played a number of games (I actually don’t remember) I won some he won some. I think he was taking it easy on me. Which I hate worse than getting beat. He’s got a game of style, finesse and spin. I shout a lot - usually random quotations from Leviticus, try to engage in distracting conversation, and trash talk to intimidate my opponent. My worthy opponent just smiles, laughs and spins the daylight out of that ball. With such spin prowess he should have a job in politics.

I told him, right up front, that if he beat me I would kick him out of the church. Can anyone think of any way to make it stick? Be careful, however, he reads and is a frequent comment contributor to the ol’ blog!