Posted on 10/13/2007 3:34:31 PM PDT by Gamecock
LAKE FOREST, CA – When the elders of Saddleback Community Church gathered three months ago to pray over a theme for the Year of Jubilee, Pastor Rick Warren was led by Providence to skip the meeting for an Angels-White Sox matinee.
“I had just ordered a soft pretzel and a light beer when the vision literally fell out of the sky,” Warren said. “I thought, ‘Yes Lord, this will be a good year indeed.’”
Warren immediately texted Associate Pastor Anson Billings, and one week later the Goodyear blimp flew from the U.S. Open in Oakmont, Pa., to Lake Forest.
“What a blessing to see that blimp up there, scrolling those Scripture verses,” Billings said. “You know, we could’ve gone with Snoopy Two, but it’s not like we’re some Feng Shui church celebrating that lame Year of the Dog or something. This is Jubilee, son!”
The mega-church also erected an announcer’s tower in the back of the sanctuary, where Jim Nantz called the opening service. “Matthew, Mark, Luke and John—a grand slam for the Rock of Ages,” Nantz whispered into his microphone.
“Did you hear that?” Billings said after the service. “I can’t wait ‘til April when ol’ Nantz announces a tradition like no other, the Saddleback Sunrise Services.”
Warren was matter-of-fact about the whole thing. "I gotta say, it was a good day. And someone better tell Ice Cube to re-read the lights of the Goodyear blimp. It says Rick Warren’s a pimp.”
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I stopped reading right after that.
“I had just ordered ... and a light beer...,” Warren said.
Lite beer. That explains a lot, really.
Sure does, I want my preacher drinking Scotch.
The Good*Year blimp, eh?? It only makes appearances at sporting events and entertainment venues. So just what does its appearance there really signify?
OY It’s hard to pick out parody anymore...
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