Parson to Person
An ongoing 'imaginative/non-fictional' series.
While I talked with Sarah, Jack took a call on his cell. We sort of nodded goodbye, evidently we wouldn’t finish the ‘unmarried couple’ conversation today.
Sarah asked me to pick up a prescription on the way home. That afternoon, my mind vacillated between Robin’s prayer request, the Dukes’ email and Jack’s story.
I smiled as I recalled the look on Robin’s face when I asked “Would you like me to pray with you right now?” She managed a nervous, “Right here? Oh no, just later, if you remember.” What must have been going through her mind? What was it that brought her to ask me to pray for her in the first place?
As I thought about Jay’s email, I considered how I might respond to the Dukes. I thought through many possibilities.
And, what the heck was all that about a lion and filing down teeth stuff Jack was talking about? Was he serious? Actually, I knew he was serious – and that many of my other peers in the community would agree wholeheartedly with his perspective, “the church cannot let her ethical edge be dulled!”
As I stepped up to the pharmacy counter I heard a familiar voice, “Hey Brian, what are you doing here?” I turned to see Jay Dukes. “Hi Jay, just picking up a script for Sarah.” I turned to the pharmacist, “For Sarah Haas, H-a-a-s.” As she went to retrieve the medicine I offered to Jay, “I got your email. I want to give it some thought tonight and get back to you.” Jay looked disappointed. “Think it over? What’s to think about?”
From behind the counter, “Mr. Haas, I don’t see anything for Sarah. I have something for a Danielle Haas that was called in today. Let’s see, it’s Ovcon… birth control. Could that be it?”
I felt as if the temperature had risen 50 degrees in that pharmacy. It was one of those moments where your mind darts so quickly it feels as if twenty minutes are packed into just a few seconds. First my shock: Birth control? My 15 year old daughter? Then to Jay standing next to me: Had he heard that? The preacher’s 15 year old is on birth control. Great! Then back to the pharmacist: Isn’t there some kind of confidentiality law? How could she just say that out loud?
While I talked with Sarah, Jack took a call on his cell. We sort of nodded goodbye, evidently we wouldn’t finish the ‘unmarried couple’ conversation today.
Sarah asked me to pick up a prescription on the way home. That afternoon, my mind vacillated between Robin’s prayer request, the Dukes’ email and Jack’s story.
I smiled as I recalled the look on Robin’s face when I asked “Would you like me to pray with you right now?” She managed a nervous, “Right here? Oh no, just later, if you remember.” What must have been going through her mind? What was it that brought her to ask me to pray for her in the first place?
As I thought about Jay’s email, I considered how I might respond to the Dukes. I thought through many possibilities.
And, what the heck was all that about a lion and filing down teeth stuff Jack was talking about? Was he serious? Actually, I knew he was serious – and that many of my other peers in the community would agree wholeheartedly with his perspective, “the church cannot let her ethical edge be dulled!”
As I stepped up to the pharmacy counter I heard a familiar voice, “Hey Brian, what are you doing here?” I turned to see Jay Dukes. “Hi Jay, just picking up a script for Sarah.” I turned to the pharmacist, “For Sarah Haas, H-a-a-s.” As she went to retrieve the medicine I offered to Jay, “I got your email. I want to give it some thought tonight and get back to you.” Jay looked disappointed. “Think it over? What’s to think about?”
From behind the counter, “Mr. Haas, I don’t see anything for Sarah. I have something for a Danielle Haas that was called in today. Let’s see, it’s Ovcon… birth control. Could that be it?”
I felt as if the temperature had risen 50 degrees in that pharmacy. It was one of those moments where your mind darts so quickly it feels as if twenty minutes are packed into just a few seconds. First my shock: Birth control? My 15 year old daughter? Then to Jay standing next to me: Had he heard that? The preacher’s 15 year old is on birth control. Great! Then back to the pharmacist: Isn’t there some kind of confidentiality law? How could she just say that out loud?
1 Comments:
Talk about cliffhanger, good job can't wait for next ibstallment.
Colin B
By milford, at 11/23/2005 1:29 PM
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