“It’s me, Jesus.”
I used to work in a christian book store, so there’s not really much that you can throw at me, in terms of christian products, that will surprise me. Leave it to the InterWeb to spawn something weird enough to get me to not only reload the page, but to also pass along the link to the page to my wife. My favorite thing to do with Jesus, when he was done talking, was make him roll his eyes. “Oh ye of little faith… (sigh & roll)”
In other news, I was just checking our Google Analytics stats to make sure they’re working correctly (what with the new plugins and all) and I noticed that our visitors overwhelmingly use Firefox - 57%. Internet Explorer was only 27%. Amazing. If you’re not already using Firefox, you don’t know what you’re missing and you really should give it a try.
Looks like Ol’ Blue Eyes is back. If he ever left. Of course, as a Westerner, there’s no doubt in my mind that Jesus looks like one of us and not one of them..
Same with the “I’ll always be with you” figurines. Jesus helping a kid make a homerun. Jesus watching over the the dentist as he does a root canal. Jesus doing things that are important to us.
Seriously, how about some evangelical imagination? Like a Philippino Jesus standing next to one of his homeless countrywomen as she picks through garbage for something to feed her children. Or an African Jesus trying to protect a girl from getting raped in a refugee camp in Darfur. Or a Latino Jesus climbing onto the back of a pick-up truck with the other immigrant workers after a long day of “landscaping” work in an upscale neighborhood.
The members of the Newburgh Assembly of God are certainly free to express themselves, but I just don’t relate to their brand of Christianity anymore.