Directionally Challenged Nose
Being that I prefer to study in my room in a perfectly quiet environment, I normally don’t venture to the library. Last night, however, because the color printer at the library computer lab beckoned me, I went.
I found myself amidst the chaos, surrounded by studiers, freaking-outers, and socializers. It was almost therapeutic for me to see my peers in the same pinch as I was– time running out to turn in the last round of projects and papers.
Not long after staking my claim at a computer did I begin to smell something. Even though I was sure my body could not emit such a grotesque and disturbing odor, I checked and then concluded that something was very wrong with someone way
Culture has Made God a Convenient God
Churches now advertise. The traditional “invite your friends, neighbors, and coworkers” doesn’t suffice anymore. Billboards are plastered with church logos the same way McDonald’s or the local Comfort Inn are advertised, and there’s no problem in doing so. Someone might just be driving along and all of the sudden read the billboard or hear the commercial on the radio and think “HEY, I’ll turn off two miles down the road, exit 39, and go to church to ‘connect with God in a real way and meet great people.’” And for the small chance of this happening, I’m all for advertising the Bride of Christ the same way as a juicy cheeseburger or whatever coming attraction IF the real Church isn’t altered or misrepresented. And it doesn’t have to be