At St. Hilda\u2019s we have had sofas, office chairs, beer bottles and other sundry detritus left in our church grounds \u2013 the overflow of an affluent town that seems to be under the impression that the local Anglican Church can remove not only your sin, but your garbage. Last Sunday was a first, though: someone had left a puppy tied to the railings. Being a dog person, I approached the puppy \u2013 which was quite fearful \u2013 said hello and scratched her ears. It was quite obvious that the unfortunate dog had been sprayed by a skunk, a calamity that would make the passing of the peace even more entertaining than usual.<\/p>\n
The dog garnered a great deal of attention, was fed, watered, spoiled and fussed over; the humane society was not called, at least five families offered to adopt the animal and she ended up attaching herself to a couple who took her home.<\/p>\n
The undeserving owner of the puppy \u2013 who, as far as I am concerned, can\u2019t have her back – at least had the sense to leave her pet at an ANiC parish on the correct assumption that it was full of warm-hearted generous people who cannot not resist dogs; I shudder to think of what might have happened had the dog ended up at the ACoC Church of the Epiphany down the road – it could have ended up as a pagan dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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