Comments on: It’s Scarier than We Even Imagined http://foolishsage.com/2006/02/28/its-scarier-than-we-even-imagined/ The Sacred Journey of Mark Traphagen, the Foolish Sage Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:24:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mark Traphagen http://foolishsage.com/2006/02/28/its-scarier-than-we-even-imagined/#comment-6675 Mark Traphagen Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:40:34 +0000 http://foolishsage.com/archives/2006/02/28/its-scarier-than-we-even-imagined/#comment-6675 Mr. Pink, There are several sites around the 'net that post collections of 'Jesus Junk.' My current favorite is <a href="http://purgatorio1.com/" rel="nofollow">purgatorio</a>, which also has a regular feature of bizarre Christian record album covers from the past (some of which I actually remember). My friend Skip Burzamato, formerly director of the Center for Christian Study in Charlottesville, had a collection probably similar to yours on a shelf in his office. Mr. Pink,

There are several sites around the ‘net that post collections of ‘Jesus Junk.’ My current favorite is purgatorio, which also has a regular feature of bizarre Christian record album covers from the past (some of which I actually remember).

My friend Skip Burzamato, formerly director of the Center for Christian Study in Charlottesville, had a collection probably similar to yours on a shelf in his office.

]]> By: Mr. Pink http://foolishsage.com/2006/02/28/its-scarier-than-we-even-imagined/#comment-6669 Mr. Pink Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:31:14 +0000 http://foolishsage.com/archives/2006/02/28/its-scarier-than-we-even-imagined/#comment-6669 I have been collecting items fro the past eight years that I have dubbed "Christian-Crap." Every month I go to our Christian bookstore and make the entire slaes staff very awkward when I ask for "disturbing examples of horrible Christian merchandise." They don't ask to help me anymore. I now have a box of, well, crap. I am a pastor-- and many times I can't stand to be associated with the church and with Christians. However, I always have to remind myself that the Church is God's vehicle for redemption-- whether I like it or not. In the words of Scotty Smith, "The Church is a whore, but it is the bride of Christ and don't you dare desert her." (I wonder if I should post pics of some of the very worst examples) I have been collecting items fro the past eight years that I have dubbed “Christian-Crap.” Every month I go to our Christian bookstore and make the entire slaes staff very awkward when I ask for “disturbing examples of horrible Christian merchandise.” They don’t ask to help me anymore. I now have a box of, well, crap. I am a pastor– and many times I can’t stand to be associated with the church and with Christians. However, I always have to remind myself that the Church is God’s vehicle for redemption– whether I like it or not. In the words of Scotty Smith, “The Church is a whore, but it is the bride of Christ and don’t you dare desert her.”

(I wonder if I should post pics of some of the very worst examples)

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