Outside the Camp

So, are you gonna cel­e­brate?
Yes­ter­day, I turned thirty and the ques­tion on everybody’s mind was, “So, are you gonna cel­e­brate?” (When I say every­body, I really mean two peo­ple. Stay with me — I’m build­ing toward some­thing.)
Today mem­bers of the Chris­t­ian Con­gre­ga­tion of Jehovah’s Wit­nesses (The offi­cial Cor­po­rate name of the reli­gion) obstain …