Yada, Yada, Yada!
Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
Sermon
by Lori Wagner

July 23rd is annual “Yada, yada, yada” day according to sources online.[1] It’s the day to celebrate the 153rd episode of Seinfeld (the 19th episode of the 8th season of 1997, for which writers Peter Mehlman and Jill Franklyn won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series)!  The phrase was already popular through the comedian Lenny Bruce but caught the winds of culture in the 1990s with Seinfeld’s episode entitled, as you might imagine, “The Yada, Yada.”“Yada, yada, yada” is a kind of evasion tactic.The phrase is meant to gloss over the parts of a story that are uncomfortable or that you don’t want to share. In the case of George Costanza, he’s trying to avoid talking about Susan’s death, but his girlfriend Marcy covers up some really important information. You’ll have to watch it …

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