Breaking News: Disaster Averted Due to Sockpuppet Post

A Sunday service was almost left incomplete this past weekend, when, due to a miscommunication, the guest speaker at a church in lovely Troy, NY failed to appear. It could have been a service without a message, but church member Nathan Allen, author of future internet sensation The Sockpuppet Post, was ready. Using archives of articles from the Post, he was able to quickly piece together a sermon and deliver it, marking his first time preaching. The topic was seeking and responding to rest, and was based on 1 Kings 19. As Mr. Allen said, "I'd always imagined my first sermon would have more ... preparation." But church members seemed to receive it well.

Mr. Allen believes readers of the Post should be encouraged by this incident to relentlessly study the Word, and to even keep notes. "You may not ever be called upon to give a sermon off the cuff, but you never know. Either way, you can't help but gain from digging into the Word."

When asked if he'd take his own advice and update the Post after 2.5 months of silence, Mr. Allen frowned, sighed, and turned to trod back into his hole. As he faded into the darkness, he could be heard muttering "soon, soon - just as soon as I get this other crazy project finished..." It is hoped, not least by the author, that he will in fact survive to post another day.