The latest entry in the "World's Worst Church Sign" Contest has it all: vagueness, failed attempts at clever irony, insider churchy language, and simple awfulness.
This one has a story attached, even. The sign read, "When eagles are silent, parrots will squawk." I saw it, thought it over, and chuckled a bit. I told Cindy about it, and she, always trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, said she thought the intent was good. We decided it meant that if the noble, good, and true folks don't speak up, then the gaudy, noisy, and rude will rule the day. But... wow. Then Cindy happened to mention the sign to a coworker in a conversation about noisy birds outside classroom windows or some such. The coworker acted a little offended that Cindy would mention it in such an offhand fashion, saying she thought it was an important reminder that we need to be silent and listen for God to speak in our lives. When Cindy told me this, my reaction was a hearty guffaw. So God is the squawking parrot? I love this town.
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Two blogs within a week; I don't know what to say. Was your April fools resolution to blog more?
Keep'em coming. I've discovered that it is always best to keep my mouth shut about church stuff when talking to people who go to church at work. I forget that some people still have what we called "sacred cows" in Introduction to Ministry.
My roommates and I drove to Tulsa for fun the week before spring break. We were stopping to get gas on this side of Tulsa, got a little turned around, and pulled into a (rather small) church's parking lot. They had a sign that made us do a double-take:
"30 hour famine
Free dinner"
The picture of it is on Facebook:
http://smsu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2000279&l=076a5&id=1296600062
The second pic of the third page.
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