Napoleon Dynamite

Ever wonder what pastors talk about when they IM? Well, here's one example. If you haven't seen the movie, do. But watch it twice. It keeps getting funnier.

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Pastor Napoleon: so, we're like best friends and stuff by now, huh?

Pastor Pedro: what?

Pastor Napoleon: from the movie!

Pastor Napoleon: it's a line from Napoleon Dynamite

Pastor Pedro: YES

Pastor Pedro: sorry I didn't know I was talking to a youth ;0

Pastor Napoleon: sweet!

Pastor Napoleon: my brother and I have extended conversations where all we do is quote that movie

Pastor Pedro: did you know that movie conforms to all of the strictures of the mormon church?

Pastor Napoleon: no, but I did notice it was a very moral movie

Pastor Pedro: it's a mormon movie

Pastor Napoleon: wow

Pastor Pedro: no drinking

Pastor Pedro: no swearing

Pastor Napoleon: and Cousin Vinnie spits his meat out

Pastor Pedro: no drugs

Pastor Pedro: go figure

Pastor Napoleon: Napoleon's dance is the best metaphor for grace that I've seen in a long, long time

Pastor Pedro: haha

Pastor Pedro: nice

Pastor Napoleon: i'm serious

Pastor Pedro: reminds me of some of the liturgical stuff we saw at sem

Pastor Napoleon: completely mediocre kid who rehearses dance moves from a junky video he bought at Goodwill

Pastor Napoleon: and then performs an act of pure selflessness and beauty

Pastor Pedro: how far can you push that?

Pastor Napoleon: why would you want to push it?

Pastor Pedro: well what's the equivalent of practicing to a bad videotape?

Pastor Napoleon: communion wafers

Pastor Pedro: !

Pastor Pedro: nice

Pastor Pedro: you did it

Pastor Pedro: ;-)

Pastor Napoleon: the video was a mundane means of grace

Pastor Napoleon: Aquinas says that one of the states of being in heaven is agility

Pastor Napoleon: http://www.ccel.org/a/aquinas/summa/XP/XP084.html

Pastor Pedro: lol

Pastor Napoleon: how am I doing now?

Pastor Napoleon: I've done a Thomistic reading of Napoleon Dynamite, plus sacramentology!

Pastor Pedro: you're keeping nimble out there at sashgong; you've got sweet skills!