The Burr in the Burgh

I know I've blogged already about the mega-churches around the country who are cancelling church for Christmas this year, even though it falls on a Sunday morning. But this article was just too rich to pass by.

First is this gem:

At first glance it does sound contrarian," said Rev. Gene Appel, senior pastor of Willow Creek. "We don't see it as not having church on Christmas. We see it as decentralizing the church on Christmas--hundreds of thousands of experiences going on around Christmas trees.

So they don't see it as not having church on Christmas, even though they're not having church on Christmas. What kind of remark is that? [George Orwell, Where are you?!] "I'm sorry officer, I didn't see it as going over the speed limit. I saw it as decentralizing the speed limit." Right.

And then there is this from the same article:

The resources that would have funded the church's Sunday service this year will go toward the DVD instead, potentially touching thousands more people than the same message from the stage on Sunday morning, Parkinson said.

This one takes the cake. . . and the pie, the strudel and the baklava. They are producing an evangelistic DVD with the money they'll save from cancelling their worship service. I wonder if they've noticed that there are 53 Sundays in 2006. Think of all the money they could spend on missions if they cancelled every service. I'm for that.

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