{"id":1632,"date":"2011-03-02T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/03\/i-have-no-idea-so-ill-ask\/"},"modified":"2014-12-31T14:28:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T21:28:05","slug":"i-have-no-idea-so-ill-ask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2011\/03\/i-have-no-idea-so-ill-ask.html","title":{"rendered":"I have no idea, so I’ll ask"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

My friend Steve Ray, when he\u2019s not busy making his globe-trotting Footprints of God videos, maintaining his mammoth Defenders of the Catholic Faith <\/a>website, and doing many other good works, also hosts tours of the Holy Land and other places. He just recently did one with the Amazing Shrinking Priest, Fr. Shane Tharp <\/a>and I am guessing a good time was had by all. <\/p>\n

(By the way, happy gratitudes to Fr. Tharp for inspiring me in my own journey down the weight scale. I have yet to match his losses of poundingtons, but I did just break the \u201cunder 290 lbs\u201d score and am closing in on 280, which will constitute a loss of about 55 lbs when I get there, hopefully with the help of the Lenten Swearing Off of Chocolate. My goal is to see how far down I can go, then stay there.<\/p>\n

You may ask how I maintain my status as a Jolly American<\/a>. Let me explain it this way: \u201cShut up.\u201d How dare you try to impose your bourgeois temperanormative categories on me. Within my ever-thinning frame is a fat guy longing to get out. I am whatever I feel myself to be and the task of all mankind is to approve of whatever I happen to desire.)<\/p>\n

But I digress. <\/p>\n

So anyway, Steve writes me and asks:<\/p>\n

Thought I\u2019d check with you if you\u2019d ever be interested in going on a pilgrimage. Do you think you could recruit 40+ people?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have no idea. So I\u2019ll ask youse guys: Are there 40+ of you who\u2019d be interested on making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land? If so, let me know and I will pass the info on to Steve. I\u2019ve never done anything like this, but it would be an adventure!<\/p>\n

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