Have you ever said something really dumb?  Have you ever opened your mouth and stood there one legged like a flamingo, with all the grace of an elephant on roller skates with your other foot stuck firmly in your mouth?  I  remember one time when I did.  About ten years ago I was serving the little United Methodist Church in Eureka, Texas.  We were in the middle of building a new Sanctuary.  The pews from the old Sanctuary were solid oak and over a hundred years old.  Money was tight and we couldn't afford new ones, so we decided to refinish the old pews  ourselves.  We told everyone what we were going to do and that we were going to need lots of volunteers for several Saturdays in a row until we got them refinished.

That first Saturday came and 42 people showed up.  We worked until two  o…