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One Sunday morning, a mother went in to wake her son and tell him it was time to get ready for church, to which he replied, “I’m not going.” <\/p>\n

“Why not?” she asked.”I’ll give you two good reasons,” he said. “One, they don’t like me, and two, I don’t like them.” <\/p>\n

His mother replied, “I’ll give YOU two good reasons why you SHOULD go to church. One, you’re 54 years old, and two, you’re the pastor!”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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