If you come to church, I'll punk it out for Christ [View All]

[Fenris]

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Standing before his flock, poised to perform one of the most sacred rituals of the church, the Rev. Ron Shrum was the picture of solemnity - if you looked past the red and blue spikes of hair surrounding his head like a halo dunked in Kool-Aid.

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Shrum, 65, was keeping his word to the church's youngsters. He promised to turn over control of his diminishing locks if more than 400 people attended Sunday School last week.

The Lord provided 409.

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The message was even more uplifting for Nathan.

"It gives me hope for when I'm older," he said. "Because when I'm 70, I can still have cool hair."