When I was deeply entrenched in the Christian Subculture (aka the Christian Ghetto), I used to wear "The Lord's Gym" T-shirt, drive around with a fish symbol on the tail end of my car and eat lots of Chick-Fil-A. Okay, confession, I ate at Chick-Fil-A just two hours ago. Regardless, I counted these indicators of my deep and undying faith as treasures, virtual witnessing tools, if you will.
That was sometime ago.
Today, on my way back to work from Chick-Fil-A, I saw a bumper sticker that resembled the above JPEG. It made me want to pull the driver over to ask them if they really work in a woodshop for a guy named Bluestein...or to ask if their current employer knew they were working for a carpenter on the side?
I also thought about another one of my favorite bumper sticker declarations of faith:
God is my pilot.
How do those drivers think that makes their passengers feel? As a sharer of the roadways with these people, it unnerves me a bit. What about you?
Do you buy into the bumper sticker theology of these people?
Do you have a Lord's Gym T in your closet????
2 comments:
My confession - I used to have that bumper sticker on a car! When I first saw it I thought it was gave such an interesting perspective to thinking about Jesus. But that was almost 20 years ago I think. I'm still tempted to design a "Jesus loves the riff-raff" shirt tho. :)
anne, i'd buy it!
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