{"id":342,"date":"2004-12-26T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-26T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=342"},"modified":"2004-12-26T22:16:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-26T22:16:00","slug":"342","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=342","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe’s World<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

More seasonal thoughts:<\/p>\n

Consider the Holy Family as the prototype of the typical television sitcom where everybody is smarter than dumb ol’ Dad. Let’s call the show Joe’s World<\/em><\/p>\n

Joe is this hardworking contractor. He drives a pickup truck with tool boxes and a ladder rack. He stops off after work at The Palms bar for a beer with his friends.<\/p>\n

Then he comes home to his bright, perky, upwardly mobile wife, Mary, who could be played by someone like Helen Hunt<\/a> in Mad About You<\/em><\/a> or DeLane Matthews<\/a> (my choice) in Dave’s World<\/em><\/a>. Her ally in getting Joe to do whatever she wants is her charmingly bratty, verbally precocious kid, Jesus.<\/p>\n

You can read a typical episode in Luke 2: 39-53.
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