Beauty Tips for Ministers

Beauty Out Of Illinois

May 24, 2008 on 2:47 pm | In PeaceBang Halo Of Praise |

One of the great and serious disappointments of the Festival of Homiletics was that there was NO PASSING OF THE PEACE during the worship services!! There you have almost 2,000 Protestant clergy from all over the continent gathered for worship, learning and fellowship and we were never invited to turn to one another and exchange the peace of Christ during any of the services I attended. Not only was that a bummer, it was a missed opportunity. Why, I remember meeting the lovely Rev. Rody Rowe last year while passing the peace in Nashville and he quite promptly invited me to visit him in Seattle, which I did. Rody, if you and Alice were in Minneapolis I’m sorry I missed you, I think of you fondly, and I hope all is well.

So anyway, I did some impromptu passing of the peace in Minneapolis but mostly I scanned name tags while in the corridors during breaks so I could see where people had come from — because that sort of thing really interests me.

When I saw this lovely lady from a location near where I once lived, I paused to say hello and exchange a smile:

“[Undisclosed Location], Illinois!” said I, because I remembered it fondly.
“Yes, and I know who you are,” she said, and I was SO HAPPY because the moment I set eyes on her I had secretly thought, “Oh, I hope this is one of my powder pigeons — she looks just SO WONDERFUL and so confident!”

It turns out she is, and she’s even a commenter on here, and let me point out a wee list of things that are exactly right about this outfit:

1. It’s fashionable without being trendy (notice the cut of the jacket, for instance), which makes her look both classic and vibrant. She’s chosen proportions and cuts just right for her body type.
2. She’s not matchy-matchy — she has taken some neat pieces and put them together (red shoes! fun bag!) with her own sense of flair; furthermore, it looks like she’s having fun doing it.
3. She’s got a great haircut and she’s taken care with her make-up.
4. She has an open, genuinely happy smile and radiates warmth.

So a halo of praise to our lovely colleague from Illinois. It was great to meet you briefly and to exchange a big PeaceBang kiss of peace.
Here’s me looking like a big close-eyed dork with you…