100 things to do the day after Thanksgiving.
Nov 27th by JonI recently realized that the archive page on Stuff Christians Like only had links for posts 1-500. And since we’re well on our way to 700, I figured it was time to update the list. Here are easy links to posts 501-600. Of the last 100, I think these three are my favorite:
#516. Joking about sex during wedding ceremonies. about sex at weddings
#521. Judging people who use the table of contents in their Bible.
Posts 501-600
#501. Giving up stuff for Lent.
#503. Taking out Jesus’ trash.
#505. Visiting people at the hospital.
#506. Asking God if He wants you to go on an adventure.
#507. The sound guy neck crane.
#508. Emotionally Confused Church Services.
#509. A tenuous relationship with St. Patrick’s Day.
#510. Apologizing after an April Fool’s Day prank.
#511. Feeling slightly guilty for telling people “good luck.”
#513. Using your palm branch as a weapon of mass sibling destruction.
#514. Christian end zone touchdown celebrations.
#515. Taking a sympathy scoop from the dish no one eats at the pot luck.
#516. Jokes about sex during wedding ceremonies.
#517. Forgetting how exponential God is.
#518. Being slightly terrified of certain books of the Bible.
#519. Wearing matching t-shirts at the beach.
#520. The worship leader mini sermon.
#521. Judging people who use the table of contents in their Bible.
#523. Singing with your eyes closed.
#524. Photocopying whatever that successful church is doing.
#525. Not knowing whether to pray before a dinner party with strangers.
#526. The Swiss Army Knife Volunteer.
#528. Calling someone “anointed.”
#530. Buying a new Bible. (The 9 easy questions you need to ask yourself.)
#531. Good cop, bad cop youth group leaders.
#532. Arguing about why bad things happen to good people.
#533. Pastoral Search Committees.
#535. Communion Tray Etiquette.
#536. Having a very specific idea of what certain people from the Bible looked like.
#537. Forgetting that you are famous.
#538. Getting tricked into volunteering for VBS.
#540. Feeling guilty about giving your bulletin back to an usher after church.
#541. Making an idol out of sports.
#542. Gospel gift bags for first time visitors.
#543. Throwing out disclaimers before you recommend something secular.
#544. Taking the college years off.
#545. Pastors who tell you how hott their wives are.
#546. The church secretary, the most powerful person in the church.
#547. Wishing being a Christian meant a pain free life.
#549. The essential cast of a great mission trip.
#550. Surviving church as a single.
#552. Judging pop culture as if we’re immune to it.
#554. Doing things that are “not very Christian.”
#555. Making up a prayer request because everyone else has one.
#556. Asking our kids to be a mini Jesus.
#557. Creating tracts that look like money.
#558. Saying you were going to preach a different sermon but God changed it at the last minute.
#560. Writing twitter messages that sound 14% holier than you usually are.
#561. Wishing there was a socially acceptable way to buy rum for cakes.
#562. Making God almost all powerful.
#563. Keeping at least one non believer friend around strictly for witnessing purposes.
#564. The 11 people every youth group needs.
#565. Developing a sixth sense to locate free food at church.
#566. Discounting our small steps toward stupid.
#567. Opening your eyes in church when you’re supposed to be praying.
#388. The 11 signs of a wicked awesome mission trip.
#569. The sermon illustration score card.
#570. Getting disappointed when you don’t have a life changing moment on a retreat.
#571. Using “we live in a fallen world” as an excuse not to do anything about it.
#572. Getting kids ready for Sunday School.
#573. Anxiously awaiting AutoTune to infect Christianity.
#575. Refusing the gift of the desert road.
#577. Surviving church as a married couple without kids.
#578. Treating the announcements at church like an open mic night at a comedy club.
#579. Forgiving people who didn’t apologize.
#581. Thinking pre-marital counseling is for everyone and post-marital counseling is for failures.
#582. Reading books that are not the Bible.
#583. Feeling guilty for not homeschooling your kids.
#584. Planning the ultimate Christian wedding.
#585. Thinking God will run out of welcome home banners.
#586. Not forgiving Amy Grant nearly fast enough.
#587. Booty, God, Booty, and the 4 word gospel.
#589. Judging people who watch television.
#590. Learning the same lesson over and over again.
#591. The things your kid brings home from Sunday School.
#592. Taking the pursuit of holiness too far.
#593. Being a Christian culture snob.
#594. Confessing a sin to someone who has no idea what you’re talking about.
#595. Praying something bad will happen to someone so they’ll see how good God is.
#596. Quitting your job so you can follow the Lord with all your heart.
#597. Wondering what your pastor does all day.
#598. Trying to wake up an early morning crowd at church.
Comments
Awesome! That sorts out my entertainment for the rest of the evening!
When i first saw the heading "100 things to do the day after thanksgiving" i thought it was going to read something like this given how much some people eat
1. Push ups
2. More push ups
3. Yet more pushups
4. Jog
5. Back to pushups…………..
No kidding. I’ll probably save that one for after Christmas
I want to lose weight. With holidays like Thanksgiving Day of course people gain weight. I ate too much yesterday, but I've found on Project Weight Loss an after Thanksgiving diet plan. I hope it works, because I've gained some weight.
I don't think you can narrow it down to just three posts … these past 100 have been quite top notch. Although kudos on those using the table of contents in their bible!
Thinking you're naked is still one of my all-time faves.
That post is one I dig doing when I get to go speak somewhere.
Oh and taking the college years off is also on my awesome list for having great advice http://stuffchristianslike.net/2009/05/544-taking...
Love 513 and 521 – but esp. 520 since I'm currently attending a church where one of the worship leaders is all about the mini-sermon. I think the senior pastor might have told him to quit it though, so he now goes for the 'half an hour sermon masquerading as a 'prayer' where he tells us all the gospel.' It's pretty sweet.
Thanks for the recap of some awesome posts!
Well good thing I have the day off today, got a lot of reading to catch up on it looks like.
I thought from the title that this was going to be a "why we shouldn't be standing in line shopping the day after Thanksgiving" post. Some years I do, some years I don't. This year I don't.
I'm glad you are done archiving your previous posts.
i'm thinking about quitting my job to follow the Lord…I just don't think the wife would be happy about it. She needs to boost her faith!
I've been gradually reading through the archives since I found SCL, but I'm still in the late 300s. I guess I better step up my game…looks like there are some real gems in the 500s! Also, judging by your really interesting post titles, I'd think you were like a copywriter or something…
Yeah, you'd get that impression wouldn't you :p