Hello, Martin
I agree with Arky on the Bible - don't sell yourself short with a KJV. Use either a Douay-Reims (if you're REALLY an English language aficionado and eat college-level reading for breakfast), NABRE or an NRSV-CE. You will hear pros and cons arguments regarding all three from board members, but those are the three generally-acceptable English language Catholic Bibles and the only way you will get the
entire Word of God in English. The NABRE is the translation used by the USCCB in missals here in the U.S., while the NRSV-CE is the approved translation used by our fine neighbo(u)rs to the north in Canada.
And as for Madea, I grew up near Atlanta and have known many women like her. My grandmother, though, was the protestant version of Miss Daisy Werthan. To this day, every time I watch
Driving Miss Daisy, I bust a gut laughing until the very last scene, when I cry my eyes out because I miss my grandmother so much. She's been gone over two decades now, and it still hurts.
And, like you, my grandfather was the only one who could influence my grandmother. There's quite the family story about that, but I've said enough already. It'll have to wait until another day.
DD. 
