tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044166228612663288.post2692324517361176579..comments2024-03-01T11:18:22.535-05:00Comments on Inside Nancy's Noodle: Because it's where love takes usNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05894799922341495196noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044166228612663288.post-53995411878003805312012-05-09T11:44:49.374-04:002012-05-09T11:44:49.374-04:00Several years ago, Arvil Hogan (of Whitey & Ho...Several years ago, Arvil Hogan (of Whitey & Hogan and the WBT Briarhoppers)died, and I went to his funeral at a small Baptist church up on the Plaza. The Pastor Emeritus preached the sermon. He started it by talking about Billy Graham's daughter and the "real" Baptist stand she had taken on whatever the current bruhaha that was in the news, then went on to rant about the foul state the country was in because of the secularism of the country.<br /><br />I wanted him to talk about Hogan, and the joy he had brought to so many people over the more than fifty years he had spent as a musician. But he ended up with almost an altar call.<br /><br />I almost walked out, but my love for Hogan (and Whitey, who was there) led me to stay until then end. I knew that he should have been comforting to Hogan's family and friends, but his "sermon" had little to do with Hogan's life and the great example he had given so many folks over the years.<br /><br />I know that this may not have been a good example of "Christian" teachings, but I certainoy told me much about the Baptist ideals of following the teachings of The Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com