The flight attendant, Sharon Brown, alleges a physical struggle ensued when Continental Airlines staff failed to immediately remove a stain from Mrs. Osteen's first class seat during a flight to Vail, CO.
Barbara Ehrenreich recalls a similar incident in which another promoter of the so-called "prosperity gospel," Robert Schuller, violently shook a flight steward when the latter refused to pick off a slice of cheese from the preacher's fruit salad plate.
On other occasions, God intervened to save Joel Osteen from a speeding ticket and to get him not only a good parking spot but "the premier spot in that parking lot." Why God did not swoop down with a sponge and clean up the offending stain on the armrest remains a mystery.The circus resumes today.
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It's kinda strange the Chronicle has the story in the Religion section, eh?
I guess it sort of makes sense that religiously inclined readers would be most interested, since they're more likely to know the players. But the story (along with a bus crash in which the only connection to faith was the riders' destination) makes the section seem like "news that's tangentially related to our peculiar subculture."
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