How To Stop Church Gossip
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Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church's morals,
kept sticking her nose into other people's business.
Several members did not approve of her extra- curricular activities,
but feared her enough to maintain their silence.
She made a mistake, however, when she accused Frank, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the town's only bar one afternoon.
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She emphatically told Frank (and several others) that every one seeing it there
would know what he was doing!
Frank, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny.
He said nothing..
.
Later that evening, Frank quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's house,
walked home ..... .and left it there all night.
.
Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church's morals,
kept sticking her nose into other people's business.
Several members did not approve of her extra- curricular activities,
but feared her enough to maintain their silence.
She made a mistake, however, when she accused Frank, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the town's only bar one afternoon.
.
She emphatically told Frank (and several others) that every one seeing it there
would know what he was doing!
Frank, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned and walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny.
He said nothing..
.
Later that evening, Frank quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's house,
walked home ..... .and left it there all night.
