Sunday,  May 12, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 296 • 8 of 28 •  Other Editions

The Lighter Side
Rev. James L. Snyder

Now that's news I can really use

• I have a terrible confession to get off my chest. It is a secret I have tried to

hide from family and friends for years. Up to this point, I have been fairly successful in hiding this but I believe the time has come to clear the air.
• Having a secret is a terrible burden to bear especially around people who know you. You always run the risk that somebody is going to find out and then tell everybody and then the whole world knows your secret. The purpose of a secret is so that nobody knows. If it gets out, it is no longer a secret.
• I even tried to keep this from the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage, which comes as close to walking on water as I have ever come. Several times, she has come close to finding out this deep seated secret of mine.
• Even though this is risky business, I need to make a full confession. Someone has said that confession is good for the soul, but I am not quite sure.
• My confession is this, and please do not hate me because of it, I love to take afternoon naps.
• There, I said it. I am not sure what it did for my soul but I do not feel any happier about making this confession.
• I am a firm believer in what some people refer to as the "power nap." The problem is I live amongst a people that believe if you take a nap in the afternoon you are

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