I am here today to tell you that a great fraud is being perpetrated in my hometown. Ever since I returned to Findlay, people have been telling me: “Join the Y, and you’ll get in shape.” So, I finally joined the Y (I’m old enough to remember when it was called the YMCA!) a year ago, and I have to tell you, it has done me no good. It would serve them right if I’d actually enter the building for the first time and tell everyone there that they are being duped! Joining the church and refusing to go out and spread the gospel is like joining the Y and staying home. All the health benefits go to those who get off the couch and get in the game.

I was thinking about cardinals the other day, not the kind who wear red robes but the kind that sit in trees. Now, if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like …