little does the outside world know about a special little mouse that occasionally shares nuggets of wisdom with us:

a church mouse reports . . . .

a church mouse joke

hello

and greetings

and after wandering through the desert for 40 days

and forty nights jesus decided he needed a new robe

and he searched and found a sign for finkelstein the tailor

and ordered a new robe from finkelstein

and after a few days it was finished

and jesus tried it on

and it was a perfect fit

and jesus asked how much he owed

and finkelstein said no no no nothing for the son of god

and jesus thanked him

and was about to leave

and finkelstein said but perhaps you could mention the new robe came from finkelstein the tailor

and jesus readily agreed

and as promised extolled the new robe whenever he spoke to the masses

and a few months later jesus was again in jeruselem

and passed the finkelstein shop

and saw a huge line of customers waiting for finkelstein’s robes

and jesus pushed his way through the crowd

and as soon as finkelstein noticed him he hugged him

and said you’ve made my business boom would you consider a partnership

and jesus replied certainly we’ll call it jesus and finkelstein

and finkelstein said no no no it must be finkelstein and jesus since i am the craftsman

and the two of them debated this for some time

and the discussion was long and spirited

and ultimately reached a mutually acceptable compromise

and in a few days a new sign went up over the shop – lord and taylor

and after you stop moaning remember jesus loves you

and so do i