Tract Boy

I saw her there, walking on the street I said "Excuse me,
there's someone you ought to meet" you ought to meet She came up to me, "Whatcha have to say?" I said "Jesus" and she turned and walked away She walked away and she said "no" "and I don't even want to know" "and I don't even want to know" "and I don't even want to know"

A certain corner has been turned, one that has run me smack-dab into a particular moniker of evangelical Christianity; Jesus Freak. With the tenth anniversary EXTRAVEGANZA of Mars Hill, attractive postcards were passed out to serve as invitations to the church and the new sermon series 'Vintage Jesus'. Sort of a primer for those who haven't heard about the fellow.

Side note: I saw a bumpersticker the other day which read; "I found Jesus! He was behind the couch the entire time!" This sounds hilarious as my inner monologue bounces it around the interior of my skull.

My building has the requisite community cork board to which is normally attached advertisements for events such as '5k run/walk to support gay, homeless former circus ponies who are traumatized by the colour lavender' and the sort of high-minded 'art' shows to appeal to those who stare at human excrement and seek to discern what 'truths' they may extract from the experience. So I deemed it the ideal place to advertise the church and the Jesus fellow. This idea (I reckoned) was the aces!, the absolute aces! As it was obviously a very loving, open and accommodating sort of venue.

Not eight hours since I pinned it oh so attractively on said cork board was it altered. Not removed, defaced or otherwise sullied but simply turned around so as to show it's rather blank, un-informative rather useless side.

Harumph. I said when I spotted this.

Harumph indeed.

So, I made the leadership decision to turn it back round again to showcase the aforementioned loving Jesus, loving people sort of glory. In what may turn out to be the opening shots of an all-out community cork board war. It is not as if I had posted something saying "Gay? Well, Jesus says you're going to Hell then!" sort of flotsam. It was merely an invitation to learn, to get a taste of something that perhaps the mainly young, hip denizens of my building have not been exposed to. The wording was not dissimilar to a craigslist posting (save those under the 'random encounters' heading). So my impression of someone that would do this sort of thing is that of a somewhat troubled, perhaps misinformed sort of miscreant with a chip on the shoulder about Christianity. And as far as a possible 'war' of ideas being waged....

Bring it.

I've been reading my Bible well enough, delved into a little Van Til and have a heckava' bar set by Driscoll. I am still a new-born calf of Christ but nevertheless I will kick your ass in a loving Christian sort of way.

In Jesus' name.