The Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant, by the rest of the numbers, etc.:
- Baptist legends sighted together: too many to count (see Julie P-R and James Dunn, above)
- Total number of MLK references: 21
- Number of MLK references by African-American speakers: 6
- Speakers bearing an uncanny resemblance to Texas Men's Basketball Coach Rick Barnes: 1
- Non-political speeches made by Bill Clinton: 1 (I really didn't think he had it in him.)
- Ratio of male-to-female speakers at the plenary sessions: 11:3
- Number of Hispanic speakers at the plenaries: 0
- Decisions I made to either start attending an African-American church or start standing up during The Preacher's sermons: 5-7
- Gloom-and-doom luncheon that everyone but me seemed to think was the Best Speech Ever: 1
- Number of times the Captain & Tennille-esque stylings of the worship leader brought us down from the mountain: innumberable
- Number of times we sang "Love Will Keep Us Together": 0
- Number of times I broke my own rule about never eating Tex-Mex east of Dallas: 1
- Look on LD's face when she ate the most disgusting tamales any of us had ever seen (above; yes, that's yellow cheese and enchilada sauce on tamales): priceless
- Taste of Laura the Elder's Reddi-whip-covered flan at the Worst Mexican Restaurant Ever: like rubber
- Obnoxious buttons worn: 1
- Number of times roommate Ann and I had to pack up our bags, check out of our room, and, in a particularly amusing bit of irony, be checked back in to the exact same room: 1
- Ex-boyfriends run into: 1
- Favorite sermons of the weekend: William Shaw, Joan Parrott, Charles Adams
- Late-night trips to the Buckhead T.G.I. Fridays (which features valet parking) to stave off Professor Deutsch's "I drove in from Birmingham tonight" hunger pangs: 1
- Number of Christian wonder products encountered in the exhibit areas: 1
- Product claims for Miracle Wrap, quite possibly the best-worst Christian product I've ever seen: This Bible verse-printed saran wrap shares the gospel, promotes respecting diversity and peace, gives members a spiritual connection, promotes commitments to religious liberty, and prevents leaks.
- Friends who were capable of keeping a straight face during the discussion with this product's promoter during which we obtained this free sample: 1
- Documentary film production plans made for a film about other incredible Christian products and this convention: 1
- Good times with thousands of Baptists: countless