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Monday, April 18, 2005
Praise the Lord Anyway
The bank teller smiled, handed me a receipt, and wished me the proverbial nice day.
On the way to my car the last line jumped out at me.
"Thank you, Jesus," it said.
"Wow!" says I, "What an enlightened bank, to let an employee customize his sign-off any way he wants to." Then again, on second thought, "What chutzpah, for him to be so assertive about his religion when given half a chance."
As a professional Christian I'm really interested in the ways garden variety disciples express their faith. Who knows what new trick I'll learn looking over their shoulders?
By now it's old news that the initials WWJD are a sly tease into considering "What would Jesus do?" Talk about your reality check. Christians aren't the only ones who'd benefit from at least a few minutes' reflection on that moral puzzler.
Of course, it's all too easy to riff for laughs on this initials thing.
Comedian Stephen Wright says he dreamed he met Jesus wearing a cool tattoo: WWID! And I saw a bumper sticker the other day: What Would Jesus Bomb?
Even so, why not pique a client's curiosity by praising the Lord on your teller receipt? Especially if your boss okays it.
Next time I went to that teller's window, I glanced at his name badge. It wasn't easy to keep from laughing out loud. The handsome young Latino man's name was -- Jesus!
They say you see what you're looking for. Thank you, Jesus, both of you, for the prod to speak up more often about my faith.
posted by Jack Buckley at
10:36 AM
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