Fun things to do during a boring sermon
Pass a note to the organist asking whether he/she plays requests.
See if a yawn really is contagious.
Slap your neighbor. See if they turn the other cheek. If not, raise
your hand and tell the preacher.
Devise ways of climbing into the balcony without using the stairs.
Listen for your preacher to use a word beginning with 'A' then 'B and
so on through the alphabet.
Sit in the back row and roll a handful of marbles under the pews ahead
of you. After the service, credit yourself with 10 points for every marble
that made it to the front.
Using church bulletins or visitor cards for raw materials, design, test
and modify a collection of paper airplanes.
Start from the back of the church and try to crawl all the way to the
front, under the pews, without being noticed.
Raise your hand and ask for permission to go to the rest room.
Whip out a hankie and blow your nose. Vary the pressure exerted on your
nostrils and trumpet out a rendition of your favorite hymn.
Chew gum; if the sermon goes on for more than 15 minutes, start blowing
bubbles.
Try to indicate to the minister that his fly is undone.
By unobtrusively drawing your arms up into your sleeves, turn your
shirt around backwards.
1 comment:
I caution the rejection of the Gospel of Judas. One thing about churches in general is that they do not inspire new ideas or thoughts. There is a tendency to reject idea outside of what we have been taught to think about scripture. What would be wrong with Jesus asking Judas to betray him? If Jesus was to die for our sins, then someone had to betray him? Judas is too often condemned in so many churches and dubbed a scapegoat. I would encourage people to read the Gospel of Judas and consider the idea. Another book you may want to read is Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Eherman. In this book he talks about the texts of the four gospels and how they have been changed by scribes to say what they want them to.
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