• If I had just one more sermon to preach…

    During Lent, members of the clergy at St Mary’s are giving addresses at Choral Evensong on the theme “If I had just one more sermon to preach…”

    Here’s mine:

    In the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

    If I had just one more sermon to preach, I’d tell people that God loved them.

    The truth is, (more…)

3 responses to “The Lightbulb Joke”

  1. Bro David Avatar
    Bro David

    Ask Siri that question. The answer recently;

    If I understand the joke correctly the answer is; one to screw in the bulb, and an indeterminate but finite number of others in the indicated social group to engage in some assistantive activity.

    😀

  2. PamB Avatar
    PamB

    I am soooo sharing this!

  3. Rosemary Hannah Avatar
    Rosemary Hannah

    Pretty much David – eg how many bloggers does it take to screw in a light bulb? One to say how it should not be done, five to comment on various ways it might be done, and ten to explain why those ways will not work, and one to explain there is only one proper way, and only one acceptable kind of bulb, and to get banned for saying it.

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