Ummm...okay.

Got into the church office today for staff meeting, turned on the computer, sipped some coffee waiting for the email to load, thought dreamily about how well Easter had gone, opened email to find this from a parishioner I have never heard of:

"We wanted to let you know how disappointed we were this morning when we walked into the church and found it filled with Easter Lilies. We are highly allergic to lilies and we could not stay for the service."

I am speaking as one who is also allergic to lilies (and was there for all five services, you big whiners), so I have some sympathies.

But the sense of outrage just cracks me up. It's just a shock to come into a church on EASTER and find it filled with EASTER lilies! Who would have guessed?

I think Jesus should have put it differently. "The complainers you will always have with you, but you will not always have me."