A couple of little funny tidbits that I heard in the last several weeks. Both were from the road.
1. We were leaving a church not long ago after singing at a homecoming when my 12 year old son, Ben said he was going to invent a new Baptist flag. I asked him what the flag would have on it. He responded very seriously, "A giant fried chicken leg"
(Homecoming: a service celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of a church where there is great preaching and singing. Afterwards you go and eat yourselves into oblivion due to the great cooks they have in most churches).
2. We were singing at an unusual church not long ago. The church was started by a pastor with great insight and courage. It consists of mostly recovering drug addicts, single parents, paroled convicted felons, etc. We attended a Sunday School class before the service. The pastor lead the class and started with scripture and then turned it over to those attending for comment. One black man wanted to talk about the upcoming presidential election. He started out by saying he was a convicted felon so he had lost his right to vote forever. He added that this didn't bother him too much this year because there was no one to vote for. He also added, "Me being a black man, I would love to see a black man become president. But, if I could vote, I would not vote for Obama Bin Laden"
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Maybe we need to add Ben to the concert program. When we have intermission, he could get up and do stand-up.
Also, here is some irony for you to go along w/the convicted felon's comments. It seems that many people today, who will go to the poles and vote based on race are more influenced by the Malcolm X, Islamic philosophy of the Civil Rights Era. This philosophy was and is trying to fight fire with fire or better yet, racism with racism. Even Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor, preaches hate and racism and he is the pastor of a "Christian" church. The convicted felon, has obviously been influenced first of all by the Word of God, and the next the "I Have A Dream" speech of MLK Jr., which is completely scriptural when it says that "...man should be judged not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character." I strongly question the content of Obama's character, and isn't it ironic that he has an Islamic name. Regardless of who becomes the President, however, I'm thankful that my judge doesn't judge me based on my character but on the perfect character of his Jewish son.
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