Excuse me while I recall where I am

Today was the monthly gathering of moderate Baptist pastors in the area. I have been to 2-3 of these meetings since my Mondays have previously been tied up by CPE or work at BoV. This group has been getting together for 22 years, I learned today. The old dudes are very nice about welcoming fresh blood, though.

After the official meeting everyone is invited to go to lunch at a local restaurant. Today we tried a new Mexican restaurant that was YUMMERS and offered huge portions at lunch prices. (You know it's a huge portion when there's still guacamole and cheese left on my plate after my face makes its aerial attack.) Anyway, toward the end, one of the pastors asked how everyone's congregation was reacting to the transfer of power. There weren't terribly many comments. But I, feeling like I was among people of like mind, said that Obama's oath of office was almost anticlimactic since I felt the real devil was exorcised when Biden was sworn in. (I didn't actually USE the words "devil" or "exorcised," mind you. I wasn't that comfortable.) Stony silence ensued.

Earth to KR, you are among clergy peers, just not those clergy peers.