I was going through the mail today and found a “Praise Banner” catalog. Browsing through, I found two pages of “Flags for Praise & Worship.” The write-up says the following:
Since Old Testament times, God’s faithful followers used flags to praise Him and proclaim His victories. Recapture that majesty with our NEW Flags for Praise and Worship.
Hm. . .Makes me think of a high school drill team, flag team, whatever you want to call the eye candy which marches with a band and waves the flags. Sure! Let’s bring the spectacle of a football halftime show into worship. Don’t get me wrong: I love halftime shows. (My motto: It’s not football season; it’s marching band season.) I’m just not exactly sure how one fits in the divine service.
It makes me want to say to the company, please don’t mail us these catalogs—we’re Lutheran. Then I realize that there are nominal Lutherans who probably use Flags for Praise and Worship. (Why is that capitalized?) It makes me want to eat Oreos—a whole container of ‘em. As my friend once said, however, “You can’t always run out and buy Oreos.” I sure won’t be running out to buy and Flags for Praise and Worship, that’s certain.
1 comment:
Sucker for Oreos, huh? ;-)
The flag thing is weird. Doesn't make sense to me.
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