There’s No Such Thing as a Good Church Sign
A Wednesday Random Observation
To say I’m not a fan of church signs with interchangeable letters is an understatement. For some unknown reason, they attract the most useless, ridiculous, and utterly un-encouraging sayings one can imagine. Prove me wrong, but I have never heard of anyone getting struck with the urge to know Jesus or even attend a service when passing one.
To this day, I get riled when I think about the church that thought it was uplifting or accurate to display, “We are too blessed to be depressed.” Elijah, Job, and Paul would strongly disagree. Or how about this clever wordplay, “The only thing missing from ch_rch is u”? Cringe. Just cringe. And this, dear Lord Almighty, this: “God answers knee mail.” Who comes up with this stuff?
For sure, I thought there was no such thing as a good church sign. But then I saw this recently, posted during the Christmas season:
A long time ago in a Galilee far, far, away…
Well, played guys, well played. You impressed this old nerd and proved me wrong.