My dear grand mother was like that.  My mother tried her hardest to get her 
to ware shorts in summer when it was so hot.  She said the only way she 
would ware them  would be to ware them beneath her clothes as underwear.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: Churchianity Today


> Kathy,
>
> Your comments reminded me of something my mom told me once.  She and my 
> step
> dad used to go on these Christian cruises.  I think it was the first one 
> she
> went one this happened.  You know, these were the cruises that big named
> preachers or ministries would sponsor so the whole ship would have 800 to 
> a
> thousands Christians on board.  Anyhow, she came home after this first one
> in the Caribbean and since I have never been on one, I asked her all about
> and how the preaching services went and work shops and worship services 
> and
> all that sort of thing.  She spoke favoribly about everything.  Mom was in
> her mid seventies by this time.  She grew up as a Mennonite, my dictionary
> with definitions claims that's how you spell it but it doesn't pronounce 
> it
> properly, but that's what she grew up as in Kansas as a farm girl and 11
> kids in the family.  Anyhow, my mom said, "There is one thing that really
> bothered me on the cruise."  I thought, Oh, brother.  Somebody probably
> taught something unscriptural or some heresey or something, being the
> Baptist that I am.  I said, "What was that, mom."  She said, lowering her
> voice to nearly a whisper, "Well, so many of the women wore shorts on 
> board
> the ship."  Of course, even my own heritage, we didn't believe in such a
> thing.  I don't think Sandy wears then even now.  I do, when it is 100
> dgrees but they are so long, it hardly helps.  If she did wear them, I
> wouldn't mind because it gwould give me something to touch but I digress.
> Mom didn't say that they wore shorts during the services and I would 
> imagine
> most people dressed up for such services but it was funny to hear how
> worried mom was about women wearing shorts.  Actually, I sort of miss 
> people
> dressing up and looking nice for church back in the days I could see and
> especially on Easter, or resurrection Sunday, when people really went all
> out and flowers were every place in the church.  I can even tie my own tie
> and not many men can even do that these days.  I had to teach my boys how 
> to
> do it and even then, 9 times out of ten, they still brought their ties to 
> me
> to tie for them.  An Easter a year ago, vicki came to church here and I
> believe John said she had a new outfit.  But, he said, many of you can't 
> see
> it.  I said, under my breath, so Vickit couldn't hear, I would like to 
> feel
> of it to see howit looked but I would probably get in trouble.  Todd and
> Lelia were hear and Todd heard me and he laughed but no one else heard me,
> if they did, like when I teach or preach, they just ignore me.  I do enjoy
> looking at why my wife wears such things but for more reason than one.
>
> Phil.