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The Holy Land Experience
I nearly forked over the $30 to go to the Holy Land Experience when I was in Florida. Seriously, who wouldn’t want to travel to Florida in order to spend a day at the Wilderness Tabernacle exhibit:
The wondrous and mysterious Wilderness Tabernacle was the heart of worship for the children of Israel as they wandered in the desert following their exodus from Egyptian captivity. Watch the High Priest and experience a live presentation that explains the intricate details of the tabernacle and its prescribed rituals.
Or how about the opportunity to allow your children to view the crucifixion and resurrection at a live presentation done every 30 minutes at the Calvary’s Garden Tomb Exhibit:
Follow the Via Dolorosa, the road on which Christ carried the cross, to Calvary’s Garden Tomb. Spend time resting, praying, or reflecting on the meaning and significance of the empty tomb. Atop the hill stand the crosses of Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified and died for the sins of the world.
Or, if you’re lucky you can take a picture with Moses and his famous stone tablets!
Ok, so here’s my real thoughts with all the sarcasm taken out. This whole Holy Land Experience theme park really disturbs me. I’m imagining the God who fashioned a whip to kick out those who looked to exploit the temple by turning it into a market place. I’m imagining the God who chose to leave heaven in order to live like a poor, enslaved, and eventually tortured human being. I’m imagining the God who was creative enough to make naked mole rats and giraffes. And, well, none of those things seem to fit with the Holy Land Experience. A market place, turning the crucifixion into an attraction, and creativity that is more like poor mimicry than anything else.
Something seems off. I think I’d take my kids to Disneyworld…even if Disney is The Man.
Is Andy Bernard a Member of the Church of Christ?
This hits a little too close to my church heritage.
Post Modern Thought
I found my son climbing on top of his play kitchen just a few minutes ago. He’s got a climbing structure in his play area for climbing and is not supposed to climb on his other stuff. I asked him if he thought that it was a good choice to climb on his play kitchen and he responded:
Daddy, daddy, dad, dad, I’ve thought about this and I’ve decided that this is a good choice for me. It’s a good choice for me, but it’s not a good choice for you. Maybe its not a good idea for you, but it is for me.
If you’re familiar with the discussion on post modernity and the post modern way of thought, you’d be happy (or grieved) to see that my son apparently is the epitome of today’s generation.
My Precious Un-Dead Brian
Brian is a good friend of mine. I was only with him for 8ish months while we both studied in Lubbock, TX, and I see him maybe once every other year. But the memories we have made are priceless…and lets be honest, it’s because of him. He’s a wandering adventurer. Here are some things you could have experience had you followed me following Brian:
- Summited Mount Olympus
- Danced through the winter wonderland of Luxembourg
- Spent the night in a Swiss bank
- Been attacked by a mountain goat
- Climbed ‘neath the earth of the Parthenon and spoke on behalf of the gods
- Ate baby sea turtles on Crete (or at least threatened to)
- Been detained by security in the basement of the famous New York Library
- Bounced on top of a 25 foot tall balloon with a tennis court inside
- Danced naked in the snow of Germany
- Watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Broadway
- Wore speedoes in the beautiful Harding University fountain
- Been kicked out of the University of Zurich museum
- Been threatened to be arrested by New Yorks finest (this isn’t probably all that original for many, but for me it was something rare)
- Taken over the dance floor of a run down Elks Club in the heart of Searcy, Arkansas (i.e. behind the Walmart)
Oh the stories I could add to this. If I were to think hard, if I work to give my best effort I could probably easily make a list of 25 random, odd, and strange things that have occured while chillin’ with Brian in New York City, Cornwall, Vancouver, Liege, Greece, Luxembourg, Germany, Arkansas…
Thank you Brian.