Friday, August 26, 2005

Paid Admission to Worship

From al.com:
[Joel] Osteen and his wife, Victoria, will be leading a worship service at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Arena in Birmingham on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 each through Ticketmaster, with information available on his Web site, www.joelosteen.com.

1. All other problems with Joel Osteen's self-help theology aside, how can he be on tour and charge admission for 'worship.'

2. This is not worship. If you want to feel good, watch The Natural, don't go listen to Osteen's smile.

3 comments:

Jared Bridges said...

Ahhh, it does feel good to knock the cover off the ball...

Scott Slayton said...

You know Colby, I think that you are just having some negative feelings today. Maybe what you need to do is wake up today, put on a smile, and remember that God has been good to you. Because you know Colby, you're good enough, you're smart enough, and people like you. (Read with a really sappy Southern accent. You might even want to throw in an "aw shucks" in there somewhere.)

Colby Willen said...

I'm feeling better already just thinking about how good I really am.