fitting enough for you?” quipped the elder.
From God to good Ten there’s United Methodist Church Bishop Larry Goodpastor. Tat’s what Chase Smith of Canton, N.C., called an appropriate clergy name. Several other readers also jumped the denominational fence with their suggestions: A Roman Catholic priest named Father Lord; Pastor Christian in the Lutheran Church of Australia (and another in Springfield, Ohio); Jaime Cardi- nal Sin of the Philippines; Pastor J. Dwight Pentecost, a Presbyterian minister and professor emeritus at Dallas Teological Seminary; Pastor William O. Vicary; and the Atlanta televangelist named Pastor Dollar. Some names are just bound to
bring people up the ranks, but Don Poole Jr., Horse Shoe, N.C., said he told his pastor friend J. Henri Bish- op, Pomaria, S.C., he’d never vote for him for bishop. “I could never call him Bishop Bishop,” he said. Shay Olson, Aurora, Ill., said
Sherman Bishop, Westlake, Ohio, came close when he served as assistant to the bishop. And Jen- nifer Tomas, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Kansas City, Mo., noted the appropriateness of the newest associate to the bishop in the Central States Synod: Keith Hohly. A few readers just couldn’t resist
the chance to mention names of other professionals. Joy M. Newcom of Forest City, Iowa, was pleased when she learned her surgeon’s name was Dr. Allgood. Others recalled a Dr. Payne and Dr. Doctor. Jamie Hovland, Our Savior Luther- an Church, Lancaster, Calif., knows of a dentist named Dr. Fang, and Cheryl Pannal, Guyton, Ga., said her dental hygienist is Candy.
“I know you’re looking for pas-
tors’ names,” said Glenn Borreson, a retired pastor in Holmen, Wis. “But we think my wife’s name, Mary Bore-a-son, sounds like Christmas.” Although none of their three sons was born at Christmas, they enjoyed using that line in their family birth announcements. Marguerite Grace Wittrock, Santa
Rosa, Calif., wrote that as a child she asked about her middle name
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since she wasn’t graceful. Te name became more significant when she married into a Lutheran family. “I didn’t really learn the meaning of Grace until I became a Lutheran. Ah ha!” she said.
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