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The Facebook Prayer Interruption

September 10, 2012 by Jon

I’ve been a part of approximately 1.2 million public prayers.

I say “approximately” because God frowns on you officially counting prayers. (It’s in Leviticus. Google it up.)

I thought I’d seen it all until a few weeks ago. I witnessed something new, something I think you’re going to see eventually too.

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This is the longest sermon at your church.

August 20, 2012 by Jon

Thinking about going to church for the first time?

Awesome. There’s a lot you need to know.

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Christian Strangers who ask you awkwardly intimate questions.

February 25, 2010 by Jon

“The ceiling must be leaking.”

That’s what my orthodontist once said to me when I was in the seventh grade because I was crying in his chair. I forget what exactly he was doing to my mouth at that exact moment but I promise it was whack. He was just horrible. At the end of the whole experience I went to a different orthodontist and he looked in my mouth with shame and sadness. “Who worked on your teeth before me?” my new orthodontist said, but I could hear what he really wanted to ask,

“Did you get your orthodontal work done in prison in exchange for a carton of smokes? Seriously? Did a really big guy inexplicably named ‘Slim Jim’ try to straighten your teeth out on the yard with perhaps a sharpened shiv of some variety?”

My mouth was a mess and so was Dr. S. which is why he’s on my “people I don’t want to be stuck in an elevator with” list. It’s a short list compromised of people who challenge my ability to “love my neighbor.” And recently I thought of one more person that needs to be on there.

The Christian Stranger who asks you inappropriately intimate questions.

If you’re not familiar with this person, then congratulations, you my friend are very fortunate. But if you’re like me, you’ve got at least one person in your life who asks way too intimate questions out of nowhere. This is the friend who sees you in a group of people in the church lobby and walks up to say, “How’s that thigh rash, and did you work out the issues with your father, the father wounds if you will?” But because I believe we’re supposed to ask each other big real questions as Christians, it’s important to detail exactly what qualifies as a “Weirdly Awkward Question.” Or WAQ as it were.

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Filed Under: Christian Culture Tagged With: Christians

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