Today I went to church. A friend invited me to go along. Sure, I said. We met a couple of other women and started off. On the way, a few more joined us and we became a raucous group. Then we waited outside Colour Vista Restaurant for the owner, Talesa, to come out. She came out serene and majestic. I felt embarrassed for our noisy chatter. Some people fell away before we reached.
The church was in a big pink building. A stage in front with a drum set on it and many wooden benches facing it. There was no one bu a man sitting in the front row. Over the next few minutes, the hall started to bill. The man went on the stage and began to play on an electric keyboard. Talesa went up and with a microphone in hand, began to sing. The songs started slowly but then picked up speed. We were all standing. Some women began moving towards the front, hands raised. People clapping and singing and swaying. And then it was over. The man put down his keyboard and began to preach the sermon. He started with the kingdom of heaven is not in the future but in us here and now. Good, I thought. Then he started onto heaven and hell and the sins of homosexuality and it was time to go.
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