I have a friend at church named Brian. He and his wife have two elementary age boys and a younger daughter. Great people. Brian is a bit of a "man's man" -- very outdoorsy and hardcore about the Pittsburgh Steelers.

A few months ago, I had devotions at a church meeting. Brian was there, too. Part of my devotion was about a plane ride I had recently been on where I had not been able to sleep. So, I mentioned that I had put some opera music on my iPod, hoping it would help me sleep. It didn't.

Somehow out of that, Brian got the idea that I am an opera aficionado. He was kidding with me about how I really lost him when I started talking about opera in my devotion.

Well, on occasion, Lisa and I substitute teach for elementary Sunday School classes. In one of the classes we sometimes teach is Brian's older son. I have taken to messing with Brian and telling him that we're going to be teaching the kids "Opera Appreciation" on the Sundays we teach. Brian's reaction is priceless and usually involves saying he's going to make his son take a long shower and wear camo the rest of the day after Sunday School. You'd almost think I was threatening to turn his son into a Bengals fan.

It's all pretty funny. I don't really know squat about opera, nor do I like it, but it sure is fun messin' with Brian.