“…do you ever get any flack?”
November 8, 2010
“You guys do some pretty different stuff, do you ever get any flack from for it? That question, or one along the same lines, is one I get asked every so often. I got asked it twice this week. Both times in radio interviews. One on News 95.7 and the other for a project by a student at NSCC. It’s a valid question. My usual answer is no, not really. That changed today.
Here are some of the things we have been up to recently:
-An ad campaign that on the one hand used sexual innuendo and on the other hand implied a biblical view of sex.
-Appeared on the afore mentioned radio show and being very clear about the centrality of Christ.
-Played a song by Nirvana (not know for their Christian faith) in our worship gathering.
-Preached sermons saying that *gasp* telling other people about Jesus and inviting them to follow Him was a very good thing.
-Had a 3rd Birthday Party with a “Birthday Party at McDonald’s” theme including 200 McDonald’s cheeseburgers, tons of decorations, and by far the hugest crowd we have ever had.
-Sending a missions team to Haiti despite a serious cholera outbreak and the fact that it is hurricane season.
-Announced that next week at church someone is getting a tattooed live while I preach.
I got some flack from someone today for one of these things. Guess which one?
Oh good grief… I have no idea which one (really? Only one?) you got flack for, but now I’m super curious.
Also, the cynical part of me wants to guess “preached sermons saying thst telling other people about Jesus is a very good thing” but I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
My guess is the Nirvana song. I certainly wasn’t offended by it but it seemed like the “most out of place for DW” thing from the list. The rest of the list is all awesome so I hope it wasn’t one of those.
I would guess the tatoo due to the fact that when people “give flack” it is over the trivial things that really don’t matter.
I’ll take cheeseburgers for $100, Alex.
I’m guessing it’s the *gasp* telling about Jesus. Not because I’m as cynical as Jen Ochej, but because from a rhetorical standpoint, it seems to be the least flack getting of them all, therefore the most startling to reveal as the one you are indeed getting flack for.
I hope that it’s the tattoo one! It’ll make me feel like I’m edgy, like I have street cred or something. Yo.
The ad campaign is kinda old news. I know that not everyone approves but I’m guessing that if anyone was going to give you actual ‘flack’ they would have done so before now. So I’m going to go with the Jesus one too. It seems like a lot of people have a relativistic approach to faith these days, believing that everyone is has their own version of ‘truth’, all of which are equally true. I’m thinking that some people may take our sharing of our faith as somehow stepping on other peoples faith-toes, so to speak. That by sharing our faith we are somehow disrespecting their right to form their own opinions.
Not sure which one you are getting flack for but I’m curious! Also feeling out of the loop (pun intended) and missing Deep Water!
Hmmm… that would depend on who was giving the flack. I am gonna guess the centrality of Jesus bc you were on the radio and I am guessing it was not a christian show.
And the winner is… Bryan Wiens. Lucky guess or did you hear something?
I got flack because McDonald’s is a big evil corporation and we compromised our integrity by “promoting” them in our worship gathering. I find this delightfully Halifax.
Meh, they were probably just acting out because we weren’t able to provide any of that radioactive orange drank.
Maybe we can compromise and go with a Farmers Market theme for next year.
I heard a third hand gripe cuz we ran out of burgers and they thought we should have cut the burgers in half.
I guess that would fit with your sermon, asking the cow be cut up a little more. Can’t blame their spirit. Maybe you could have an ANALOGY STOPS HERE pop up on the screen at appropriate times while you’re talking? Might help.