Thoughts

No, not those kind of signs.

Churches are everywhere. You probably pass at least one on your morning commute; I pass two, no big deal. So each one has those little signs out front on which they place different "inspirational" messages.

Where do they get these messages? Is it based upon the creativity of whomever works at the church? Is there a committee of volunteers from the community that get together to brainstorm? One committee organizes the bake sale, the other comes up with witty God material? Or is there some e-mail listserv that goes around to the churches of the world passing out suggestions? How much would that list of e-mail addresses sell for to the marketers out there? A pretty penny I would imagine.

How do you make sure that no two churches have the same message up at the same time? Or maybe church A does not want to use a particular message because church B just used it last month. Who keeps tabs on this stuff?

Where can I sign up to write those things? I think I could do a pretty good job. I saw one not too long ago that said "God responds to knee-mail." Boy, that sure makes me want to go to church. I have to be able to come up with something better than that. I wonder what a job like that pays. What kind of benefits package would a church offer?

Oh come on, I know I am not the first to think about this stuff.