Twitter is loaded with some talented and very funny tweet authors. Funny banter and commentary on looking at ourselves as a church heritage and tradition is never in short supply. The best tweet authors are some of our own preachers and church leaders who are able to tickle us and make us giggle just when we are really needing it.
Two characters on Twitter always make the day just a bit easier to manage by dispensing their holy silliness in less than 140 characters at a time. They write under their noms de plume of @BartonStone and @Alxndrcampbell. @BartonStone claims to be a "Hip Restoration Preacher" (visit http://twitter.com/bartonstone). @Alxndrcampbell makes no claims as to who he is or what he is up to doing (visit http://twitter.com/Alxndrcampbell). If you have a Twitter account - or want to set one up - you can follow these two reductionists and keep up with their regular soliloquies. (You can also start following NSCofC's Twitter account, too, at @nscofc.)
With apologies to the real and venerable Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell, here are a few zingers that @BartonStone and @Alxndrcampbell have shared recently on Twitter:
@BartonStone
Writing a Church of Christ version of Donald Miller's book entitled "Blue Like Hymns"
Youth minister went to Borders. Hope they still have some comic books!
Called customer service and left on hold. An instrumental "Christian" song started playing. Should I hang up? Conflicted.
There was a fistfight after church today over the direction communion trays are passed. Man, my wife is scrappy!
After yesterday the elders are making a strict "No Brass Knuckles On Sunday" rule.
It's been almost 200 years and I'm STILL bothered by how the KJV puts "Saint" before the names of gospel writers.
Shape notes are probably mankind's greatest innovation.
Am tired of all the immorality in movies. So tonight I am renting Philadelphia, likely a history of a beloved American city.
Last night I dreamt that a monster destroyed our town during praise team practice. Woke covered in sweat. A praise team?!!!
Dang! Out of roast beef at Picadilly. I KNEW I shouldn't have tried a four point sermon!!!
Got an invitation to a worship leader's conference. I can see it now! Session 1: Sharing your feelings.
Worship leader conference Experience Lab: How to craft 3 sentence sermons.
Not sure how I feel about Jesus taking the Lord's Supper on a Thursday...
Elders put a suggestion box in the foyer. So, I exchanged the index cards with tiny post-it notes. Then filled in the slot.
Gave a small tip at lunch today. Hopefully my waitress will decide not to work on Sunday and start going to church.
@Alxndrcampbell
Giving the commencement address at a Kindergarten Graduation this evening. Primary colors FTW!!!
Fill in the blank: It's not a REAL potluck unless someone brings _____________. Best answer wins my admiration.
I don't think there are NEARLY enough acronym based ministries in our churches today. Lets add more!!
Brought two live sheep up to the pulpit as an example this morning. Mistake.
Think I just convinced the YM that the Leviathan in Job is the Loch Ness Monster. Hahaha!! I am so bad sometimes!
I see it's @briannicklaus birthday. What did I do on my birthday? Baptized 9 people. The ball is in your court, son.
They've asked me to play a talking giraffe character for VBS this year. I negotiated my way up to a singing snail.
No hot water at the house this morning. Thank goodness there's a heater in the baptistry.
Someone took a
tract off of the tract wall today! First one of the year! Oh wait, no,
here it is behind the Secret Sisters table. Sigh.
Great stuff!
Posted by: MarketingTwins-Randy-TX | Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 07:50 AM