Aug 23, 2010
I’m not sure my worship pastor is qualified for ministry.
The worship pastor at my church told me yesterday that he hasn’t listened to the autotuned Double Rainbow song….I know, right?! Obviously, this leads me to question whether he’s fit to fill any role which has either the word music or worship in its title.
I’m half-inclined to forgive him since he’s played the likes of Dawes, Retribution Gospel Choir, and David Bazan in services before. But I still feel leery.
So here’s the deal: I’m gonna start a grassroots movement in the congregation to get him demoted until he has developed some taste, unless…
…he uses the Double Rainbow song as the offertory this coming weekend.
Whaddaya say, Tim?
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It’s about time someone stood up. What kind of crazy church are you guys running over there?
I fully support this.
Um, what position would you demote him to? I’m unclear about hierarchy when it comes to the worship branch.
Actually, the real question is whether or not he’s listened to the auto-tuned bed intruder song!
Yeah, but that isn’t a worship song like Double Rainbow is.
Correct. It’s a justice song.
This just made my day. Thank you :)
Send around a petition. I’ll sign it. I’m not in your church, but I’ll sign it. The Bereans would.
“What does it mean?!”
I still think double rainbows might be too intense for us at hcc. It’s too much! I don’t know what it means!
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it is hilarious!
How could I have anticipated that my (lack of) action would engender this kind of scrutiny. Wow.
The crazy part is–I love the autotune guys. I can recite the first 8 episodes of Autotune the news by memory. In fact, sometimes I can’t get Joe Biden’s, “GOD BLESS AMERICA” and Alan Greyson’s “Hell No” out of my head.
Well, Abraham, I’ve listened to it. And I repent. I should have listened to it long before now. If you see sackcloth and ashes near my office at Hope, you’ll know why. My repentance, like that double rainbow, is…well…intense.
I have to say though, my favorite thing about yesterday was the look of utter bewilderment on your face (and the face of @thepipers) when I revealed to you that I hadn’t seen it. I didn’t think there was much I could do anymore that would get that kind of shocked response. Except, maybe, knocking the senior pastor over backward while he’s closing up the service…
…a feat I NEARLY accomplished at 3rd last night. All in a day’s work.
So you’re doing it, then?
Is lying still a sin?
I’ve heard that if it involves a prostitute lying to help soliders escape, it can be recorded as an act of faith.
I guess people like this meme thing way more than I thought
How does your church feel about the third commandment?
How does your church feel about the spiritual gift of passive-aggression?
Probably about the same they feel about humor.
And, if you want to get technical about it, he’s not really taking the Lord’s name in vain. He’s actually worshipping the rainbow. Thus, the commandment of which he’d be running afoul is the first, not the third.
Just sayin’. If we’re gonna get legalistic, let’s at least do it right.
Metalegalism!
I honestly feel like the double rainbow is a celebration of God’s promise to Moses, twice. In fact, it’s almost starting to look like a triple promise.
Fail.
God’s promise to Noah*. Wittiness and theology are two things I do not excel at.