Have you ever said something really dumb? Or said something that came out all wrong? I know I've said a lot of dumb things or just plain wrong things like the time I was preaching about the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham. I clearly had Isaac written in my notes but I called him Isaiah throughout the entire sermon. But there was one Sunday morning when the opening words to my prayer made everybody laugh. As we got ready for the morning pray, what I meant to say was, "Let us bow our heads in and pray silently while the organ plays." But what I actually said was, I said, "Let us bow our heads in a moment of prayer, while the organ plays silently...."

The organist sat there with her fingers frozen in midair over the keyboard and a puzzled look on her face which clearly said, "How do I play sil…