A Step Away

People love a scandal. They love the juiciness of stories and gossip. So, in what I'm about to tell you, my desire is not to gossip or tear someone down.

He was a great worship leader. He sang really well, picked very good songs, and was very organized, as far as I could see. He even spoke some really intense stuff about our faith sometimes. From the outside, Larry was pretty much what every senior pastor wants in a worship leader. Now, Larry isn't really his name, but for the sake of privacy, I'll hold back on his real name.

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Legit Granny

My grandma passed away about five years ago. She was just about as cool as a granny could be. She used to arm-wrestle my brother, give great back scratches, and had the strength of an ox. She grew up in a Communist country essentially as a peasant and had lived her whole life intimately knowing what back-breaking labor was.

In a word, my granny was legit. In fact, she was 2 legit 2 quit. (Yeah, I just laid down a Hot Rod reference. What of it?)

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