I stayed the night at my brother’s house last night and before bed he gathered his family together to read the bible.

A couple chapters in I started to get sleepy and realized I really had to pee.

His three small children were squirming around and trying to be quiet.

The 4-year-old leaned over to me and whispered, “This is boring.”

All I wanted to say was, “I know. I think so too.”

All I said was, “Shhh. It’s almost over.”

I hope.

Six chapters later I wanted to stand up and shout, “You have bored the hell out of this 24-year-old. Imagine how your poor kids are feeling!”

Instead I got up to pee.

This out loud, monotone, mandatory reading from John was like torture.

One chapter.

That would be enough to teach three small children some life lesson.

With a 15-minute attention span I think eight chapters is too much.

One chapter. Two if they are short.