The subject was the Biblical book of Joshua, but the Rev. Mary Fowler sounded like she was doling out dating advice.
“You can have a boyfriend. That boyfriend, after a while, if he gets tired of you, he'll leave you. Same thing with a woman, a woman gets tired of a man,” she preached at Bible study. “Now, isn't it good to know that you always have someone, somebody in your corner?”
She was referring, of course, to God. But for many of the women of her congregation, who know all too well that boyfriends and husbands and lovers are liable to leave unexpectedly, that steadfast help also comes from Mary Fowler.
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