I have thankfully never suffered from writer's block, but if you do, perhaps you could try this innovative means of writing in hopes of curing it:
Write naked.
I can't say that his work was especially impressive that day, but he was putting words to the page, which apparently is a big deal to anyone suffering from writer's block.
Obviously the Methodist Church sucks for doing this.
But in addition to ending their bigotry and buffet-style application of Biblical law, I would also suggest removing the word defrock from the church’s lexicon as well.
I understand that defrock means to “deprive a holy person of ecclesiastical status,” but since a frock is an item of clothing and the prefix de- is used to add the meaning “opposite. reduce or remove,” the word also engenders the image of stripping a priest or minister of his or her clothing.
At least it does for me.
I don’t think that any church should allow the mental image of a forcefully stripped, naked priest to stand.
Why not just say that you fired the guy because the leaders of the church are apparently a bunch of stupid bigots who only read the passages of the Bible that most conveniently support their bigotry and ignore those passages that prevent them from eating bacon cheeseburgers, watching football on Sunday or wearing cotton blends?
I honestly think a statement like this would sound better than defrocking.
But perhaps it’s only a writer and wordsmith like me who would deconstruct the word defrock and end up with the image of a forcefully stripped naked priest.
The ratio of risk-reward when it comes to nudity is similar to that of the risk-reward associated with a helium balloon and a toddler.
While nudity sounds compelling, the actual percentage of people in the world who you would like to see naked is probably less than half.
Considerably less than half.
And the percentage of people in the world who you don’t want to see naked under any circumstances is probably greater than half.
In all likelihood much greater than half.
Therefore, if I was about to pull back a curtain and show you ten randomly-selected people who have removed all of their clothing, you might find yourself curious. Intrigued. Excited. Perhaps even aroused.
But statistically speaking, the odds of you seeing a naked person who you actually want to see naked is low.
Conversely, the odds of you seeing a naked person who you wish you had never seen naked is high.
As a result, the risk-reward ratio of nudity demands that you close your eyes before the curtain is ever drawn back lest your eyes fall upon an image that you can never forget.
Nudity seems compelling in theory, but in practice, it is only compelling under certain circumstances which are sadly less common in the world than you might initially think.