First of all let me start by  saying that I don't see much  humor in religion. It's a serious  subject that deserves  respect.

That said I must  admit to being a simple soul  who has to deal with the  subject of my salvation in  images that I can comprehend.  I have a close neighbor  who is a pastor and  could be the poster person  of what a good Christian  should be. I'm not a nonbeliever  but watching a  good Christian doing the  Lords work sometimes  makes me feel like more of  a heathen than I am willing  to admit.

The spirit denying  the flesh has always been a  tough go for me. The older  that I get the more I realize  that there are no loopholes  written in the bible. When  earthly lights begin to dim  and the flame on the candle  of life begins to flicker it  will be too late for repentance.

Will it come to pass  that when the heavenly train  bound for glory land pulls  out of the station some of us  won't be on it? Instead a  dark coach pulled by fire  breathing black stallions and  driven by a specter in a  hooded cloak with a stink of  sulpher will stop, open the  door and with a skeletal finger  beckon for the ride into  eternity....Oh mercy.