Bible study group blends stogies with Scripture

Pleasant Grove Church (Falmanac)

(Plain Dealer) ROCKY RIVER, Ohio -- The Rev. Eric Van Scyoc, lecturing on the miracle of the Transfiguration of Christ, is blowing a lot of smoke.
Literally.
That's because he is actually puffing on a big cigar as he discusses St. Matthew's Gospel writings of Jesus meeting Moses and Elijah -- back from the dead -- on a mountain top.
"His face shown bright as the sun," Van Scyoc reads from the holy text, between tokes on a $10 Perdomo Grand Cru. Continued