Balaam and his talking, um, donkey

Redlands Daily Facts | March 1, 2007| | Copyright

I first heard this Bible story a great many years ago when I was at Oxford.

One of the young chaps was up at the lectern reading the lesson from the Hebrew scriptures when he caught an incurable case of the giggles. Now, all clergy and liturgical staff know that laughing in church is very dangerous, because when you get a serious case of the chuckles in the sanctuary it is very hard to stop. The poor young man could not help himself, and it became increasingly apparent that he had never actually read or heard this portion of scripture before he stood up to read. What passage of the Bible ...

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