An old friend called me up yesterday, and told me a story. They were traveling, in a strange city over a weekend, and wanted to go to church. The sermon topic at the local Unitarian Universalist church: “Consciousness.” The sermon topic at the hip Christian church in town: “Bad Girls of the Bible.”
If this were you, which church would you attend? — and why?
Great quandary!
I’d go to Bad Girls and then flit to the UU church for coffee hour, if there was any chance there’d be good snacks there.
(Dan, I don’t like the new blog design.)
It’s funny of course. Do you choose titillation or boredom? Do you choose hip or ossified? Or do you follow a different paradigm for deciding whether to attend a service than the advertised sermon title or topic?
Ha! Bad girls for sure! Unless I knew enough about the preacher’s theology to be pretty sure it was going to be a dull sermon (“don’t sin”) hiding behind a good hook.
Likewise, if the UU minister had a good reputation I’d forgive the dull titling and take a chance. But if the titles were all I knew…bring on Jezebel.
Is this a trick question? “Bad Girls” of course! “Consciousness”… yawn., wake me went it’s over
Gee? Given evidence of past homiletic effort, I can’t imagine either venu has a tell-the-truth grasp of their announced subject.
I’d take a walk.
And the winner is…
Carol wins the prize for the best answer — she gets a piece of Fair Trade milk chocolate.
Jean gets the prize for most curmudegeonly comment — she gets a piece of Fair Trade milk chocolate with a nasty aftertaste of political correctness (so she has something to complain about).
Bless you, dear brother.
Love, Curmudgeon Sister Queen
(psssst…Dan…I agree with Carol – I don’t like the new blog design, either… :( )