Happy "Presidents' Day Sale."
Huh? You say this isn't "Presidents' Day Sale" but just "Presidents' Day?"
I think you're wrong. Look through today's newspaper. Presidents' Day Sale ads all over the place. Why did Washington and Lincoln endure all they did? Wasn't it so we can have our malls and catalogs and internet shopping? Isn't America about us buying stuff?
Some of you don't get it. Church people, for example. Congregations often struggle to make their budgets. So I suggested they sell naming rights to their churches. St. Matthew could become "AOL Church." Trinity church could become "Ford Motors Church" and so on. Companies would pay big bucks to have their logo on the front of the church and maybe even on the minister's robe. I think it's a great idea...
But they just stare at me in disbelief. They keep quoting some Bible passage: "Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that" (1 Timothy 6:6-8). I don't know...It just doesn't seem to fit the spirit of modern America.
Happy Presidents' Day.
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