This excerpt is from The Prince of Sumba, Husband to Many Wives.
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   The huge banquet table in John's dining hall now had new meaning for us. It was not simply a beautiful creation but evidence of John's adventure. After we had all been seated, Sarisa handed out prayer shawls to the women.
   "What are these?" Mary inquired.
   "Sam and I have been discussing this for some time. We've come to the realization that there is no way to interpret 1 Corinthians 11:6 other than the way it reads. Women must cover their heads when they worship, pray, or sing to the Lord."
   "How is that?" Mary objected. "Most churches teach the covering simply refers to long hair which all of us have."
   "Sam and I have researched this, Mary, and up until the wild 60s all women wore hats in churches. Part of the reason they stopped doing that was because the ministers had forgotten the real reason that the custom had begun in the first place. That reason was that the Bible required it. Over 1900 years of bonnets, shawls, and hats can't be overlooked, but as you and I know, none of that matters if the Bible doesn't teach it. Let's read the verse.
   'For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.'
   That's clear. If Paul's reference to covering concerned hair then how could someone with hair be "not covered." You see, Paul says she must be shorn if she is not covered but if she had - no hair - then how could she be shorn? So when Paul says "not covered" he's clearly referring to some article of clothing, a veil, a bonnet, or a hat."
   "Well, I'll agree to disagree, agreeably." Mary pouted.
   "Ok, Mary, It's between you and the Lord. Your High Priest is Jesus. Do as you wish as long as your conscience is right with Him."
   Sarisa continued to hand out the prayer shawls. The girls quickly snatched them up.
   "John's wives made them. They're yours to keep." Sarisa told them.
   "In that case, I don't want to be rude." Mary backtracked. "Let me have that one with the pink ribbon and beautiful embroidery."
   Mary smiled her thanks to John's wives from one side of her mouth while scowling at me from the other. This was just one of Mary's many talents for hiding from the world what she was feeling toward me. I hadn't suggested the prayer shawls to Sam and Sarisa but Mary had a way of blaming me for anything she didn't like.
   "You'll be blessed!" Suni assured Mary. "Whenever we discover a new way to please God, He blesses us."
   Even though Mary had put on her prayer shawl, she didn't appear convinced.  John, cleared his throat and we all quieted down for his prayer.  As before, it was to the point. After his prayer he made an announcement.
   "First, I'd like to welcome you to our church.  It is the only church my family and I have and we are grateful for it.
   We are to always be prayerful and yet there are times when we want to dedicate ourselves to prayer, worship, and praise. This is such a time.  Our Almighty is good, is He not?"
   Praise erupted around the room. The girls also shouted praises to the Lord as if their prayer shawls gave them a new boldness for the Lord.  Shawls covering them, they praised and worshipped God.
   "Praise be to the Lord. Alleluia."
   "Glory to God who is highest."
   "He is a wondrous God!"
   The calls of praise now became a song and Asina danced shaking a tambourine. I remembered John's story of Sarapita. Until now I had not known how thrilling it could be to watch a maiden dance to the Lord. Asina danced, untouched beauty that she was, flying through the air as if lifted on the breath of the Lord, as indeed she was. God's Spirit moved among us as we joined in song.
   Mary now relaxed and took Ruth's place at my side. She sang with us as we had begun to sing a familiar hymn. It was wonderful to see her hard demeanor melt in praises to the Lord. Now that was the sweet girl I had married. I couldn't help myself. I turned to Mary and whispered in her ear.
   "Now what was that word? Oh yes, 'Tonight.'"
   The twinkle in Mary's eyes at that moment was enough to make the lights in the room appear dim.
   "And tomorrow as well." She replied.
   We dined between worship and praise. By the time each of us had gotten a chance to sing our favorite hymn and to give praises to the Lord, we had finished eating the main course. John closed in prayer and we all sat down to dessert. Our eyes should have been fixed on the table which had been set with the most delectable assortment of pastries and fruits but instead all eyes were on John. Suni was the first to break the silence. She stood up, crossed her arms, and peered at John through squinted eyes.
   "You're not going to just leave us hanging, are you Princikins?"
   The room erupted in laughter. John had a habit of being overly formal but he was by no means a prude. Of all of us, it was John who laughed the loudest at Suni's well timed quip. The only thing powerful enough to take us away from John's story had been the worship service, that being complete, we wanted to know the rest of his tale.
   "I'll tell you the rest of what happened as long as you promise to eat your desserts while I'm telling it."

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