Church Blogmatics by Beth Felker Jones

Church Blogmatics by Beth Felker Jones

I like to imagine a group of moms meeting in the kingdom of heaven

Kind of like MOPS, but it’s called “the Consternation”

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Beth Felker Jones
May 13, 2023
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Why, “the Consternation?”

Because, Gentle reader,

The interwebs tell me that “consternation” is the right collective noun for naming a group of mothers, like a litter of puppies or a swarm of bees. Like a murder of crows, a glaring of cats, a loveliness of ladybugs,1 or a superfluity of nuns, a group of mothers is a consternation.

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