Pearl was on her feet now, “Hallelujah, praise Jesus!” I smiled, knowing full well that this wasn’t that kind of Baptist church. Still, a bunch of folks followed Pearl and a bunch more shouted their praise up to the rafters. Meaning, if Gabriel was listening, I was certain he was getting an earful. Probably from Granny right by his side, I’d imagine.
“So, for all of you out there, pretty much the whole town it looks like from up here, for all of you who understand what it’s like to show something on the outside but feel something completely different on the inside, let me hear an amen!” There was a murmur of it, a ripple across and down the pews. “And for all of you who feel the crush sometimes and just wish you could shake it off and get down with it, let me hear an amen!” And the murmur
