The Mystery of the Broke(n) Church

[aldersprig]

I rolled my story dice and ended up with this. 
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The church theatre company was hurting.

Everything about the church was almost always hurting.  It was in a town that had once been prosperous, it had tried gimmick after gimmick - including painting the church purple - to draw in attendance -

read on…

Comments

[kelkyag]

Heh. May I ask which bits were from the story dice, or would that be telling?

[aldersprig]

Let’s see, IIRC (didn’t take a picture)
Theatre masks, church?building, abacus
–> flashlight, magnifyng glass.

[clare_dragonfly]

Heeee! Very clever of him :D

[aldersprig]

He’s a SMART priest. Minister? Preachy guy!

[clare_dragonfly]

The story calls him a pastor :-P

[aldersprig]

I grew up using pastor, minister, and preacher (And rarely priest) as synonymous.

[clare_dragonfly]

Ah, I grew up using pastor for the Lutheran pastor... and rabbi for the rabbis. That's about it. I knew priests were Catholic, figured minister and preacher were for other Christian denominations.

[aldersprig]

Aaah.

I don’t think I even knew rabbi as a kid...

[clare_dragonfly]

Well, I can't really say I knew any of the rabbis, but we did go to synagogue a few times a year. I presume you do not have a Jewish parent ;)

[aldersprig]

Nope! And despite a last (maiden) name that is commonly a Jewish first name, I do not think I have any nearby Jewish relatives, either.

We’re WASP all the way back.