Steven P. BarrettPURPOSE DRIVEN POLITICS OR PREACHER PLAYING POLITICS? (LINK)
August 17th 2008 01:59
By Steven Barrett
Sometimes I don't know which is the biggest besides Rick Warren's expanding waist, his banality barn of megachurchianity, or his hat size reflecting the growth of his ego to match? Maybe they're all coming together for form a perfect storm for any preacher who needs to be ever mindful of the jaws of all cardinal sins: PRIDE.
Oh, I forgot. He comes across so humble. So purposefully humble. Just as I'm sure he does when he meets with his publishers. While he'll never sell his soul to the devil, you can be sure he won't sell his ego out as well to any publisher.
Nor would I. Yes, confession is good for the soul. But I won't couch my sins with swarmy good feelings. Not when a little crustiness is sometimes called for. Is show for the purpose of helping the public or helping your ministry. Play hard ball and it'll help both.
And that's what Warren's going to need more than anything else when he gets to go mano y mano tonight with Senators Obama and McCain, men with two very big egos and sensitive souls as well. Will Warren play the psychoanalyst preacher mode, seeking ever new ways to coach out those inner doubts about the sureness of their ideas on abortion, "gay marriage," etc. Or will he play it straight like the late Cardinal O'Connor of New York, Archbishop Fulton Sheen (he'd eat Obama alive for an appetizer) and even the late Jerry Falwell, who'd have both of them for a two course meal?
Or will he play the folksy, but still laser sharp when it comes to conducting interviews, Pat Robertson? Or try this Rick: why don't you find a good Protestant interviewer, somebody like Brit Hume or Chuck Colson for modeling? Or, try some Catholics, Ray Arroyo (EWTN), Catholic League's Bill Donohue or Pat Buchanan? Now I'm really raising the bar. I've got one last suggestion.
Maybe since you're out in California, you might've heard of a certain Catholic priest named Fr. John Corapi. Before he moved to Montana, he lectured a lot in Santa Cruz. Believe me, if you'd watched a few of his videos and modeled your deliveries like this fellow, you'd have every Christian on the face of the planet between Calais, ME and San Diego, CA eating out of your hands and we'd all be watching both Obama and McCain melt like ice cream.
Sometimes I don't know which is the biggest besides Rick Warren's expanding waist, his banality barn of megachurchianity, or his hat size reflecting the growth of his ego to match? Maybe they're all coming together for form a perfect storm for any preacher who needs to be ever mindful of the jaws of all cardinal sins: PRIDE.
Warren's church
Oh, I forgot. He comes across so humble. So purposefully humble. Just as I'm sure he does when he meets with his publishers. While he'll never sell his soul to the devil, you can be sure he won't sell his ego out as well to any publisher.
Nor would I. Yes, confession is good for the soul. But I won't couch my sins with swarmy good feelings. Not when a little crustiness is sometimes called for. Is show for the purpose of helping the public or helping your ministry. Play hard ball and it'll help both.
And that's what Warren's going to need more than anything else when he gets to go mano y mano tonight with Senators Obama and McCain, men with two very big egos and sensitive souls as well. Will Warren play the psychoanalyst preacher mode, seeking ever new ways to coach out those inner doubts about the sureness of their ideas on abortion, "gay marriage," etc. Or will he play it straight like the late Cardinal O'Connor of New York, Archbishop Fulton Sheen (he'd eat Obama alive for an appetizer) and even the late Jerry Falwell, who'd have both of them for a two course meal?
Abp. Fulton Sheen
Or will he play the folksy, but still laser sharp when it comes to conducting interviews, Pat Robertson? Or try this Rick: why don't you find a good Protestant interviewer, somebody like Brit Hume or Chuck Colson for modeling? Or, try some Catholics, Ray Arroyo (EWTN), Catholic League's Bill Donohue or Pat Buchanan? Now I'm really raising the bar. I've got one last suggestion.
Maybe since you're out in California, you might've heard of a certain Catholic priest named Fr. John Corapi. Before he moved to Montana, he lectured a lot in Santa Cruz. Believe me, if you'd watched a few of his videos and modeled your deliveries like this fellow, you'd have every Christian on the face of the planet between Calais, ME and San Diego, CA eating out of your hands and we'd all be watching both Obama and McCain melt like ice cream.
Fr. Corapi
Father Corapi's hard as hell on bishops. Do you think he'd roll over for Obama/McCain? All they've got to do is look at Father with his Lenin-like stare back at them. He'd get the answers Warren couldn't get in a lifetime.
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