Shotgun Weddings and God’s Love

The room was silent. A shotgun was propped up in the corner of the dining room. My soon-to-be father-in-law stood next to it with his arms folded, wearing a threatening grimace on his face. A handwritten sign taped to the muzzle yelled, “No turning back now!” 

It was a prank, of course. We all laughed and have told and re-told the story many times since.…