Twelve years ago I was credentialed by the Illinois district of the Assemblies of God. I got a call today from the District Superintendent asking if I would speak at their district council–a gathering of all the ministers in that district. Pretty excited about the opportunity.

The funny thing is that I almost jeopardized my credentials because of a couple pranks a few of us pulled during our week-long credentialing seminar. We tee-peed the Superintendent’s house. Not entirely sure what we were thinking

But the other prank won the prank prize.

It was sub-zero weather so Illinoisians keep their cars running if they aren’t going to leave them for long. We would jump in to these running cars, move them a few parking spaces to play mind games with people, and then park them again.

No harm. No foul.

What I didn’t take into account is that if you get into someone’s running car they might think you’re stealing it And they might chase you at speeds topping 100 mph. And it might scare the living daylights out of you.

Not sure if I’m going to confess before I speak at District Council or not