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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, \u201cI\u2019m not going.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not?\u201d she asked.\u201dI\u2019ll give you two good reasons,\u201d he said. \u201cOne, they don\u2019t like me, and two, I don\u2019t like them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

His mother replied, \u201cI\u2019ll give YOU two good reasons why you SHOULD go to church. One, you\u2019re 54 years old, and two, you\u2019re the pastor!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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