Spiritually Active at the RenFest

Without ever having to be "pushy," I find that customers, by THEIR OWN initiative, will start meaningful discussions with me when I'm in character at the Colorado festival.

Yesterday, for instance, one teenage girl dragged another one up to me. The one being "dragged" was part of the act; she had on weird contact lenses to make her look weird. The one doing the dragging told me "Archbishop, this girl is possessed by a demon!" I sensed that they wanted me to act out an attempted exorcism, SO THAT they could mock me and mock God by having the "possessed" girl act out being unaffected. Instead, therefore, I slipped out of character and told both girls quite solemnly that they would not find ANYTHING fun about a REAL demonic encounter. They were given much food for thought.

Later the same day, a slightly drunk woman asked me where she could find the palm reader. I was obligated to tell her, and did tell her; but she did have the wits about her to realize, if a bit late, that palm reading JUST MIGHT not be compatible with my Christian convictions. Since she herself asked me about that, I could freely tell her that while I couldn't tell her NOT to see a palm reader, it was indeed alien to my faith. She, also, had food for thought when she and I parted company.