For Wilshire Baptist Church
For the past week I’ve been unpacking and tweaking an idea that I thought I would drop today. My goal was that if it resonated and went viral or at least trended I might get some traction and maybe crush the conversation and grow my platform. But it wasn’t in my wheelhouse and in fact was above my pay grade so I decided to shelf it. I didn’t want an epic fail that would get trolled and shaded with LOL or SMH and especially not LMAO or WTF. Continue reading “Trending”
For Wilshire Baptist Church
I don’t know if they do this at other college football stadiums, but when people are first arriving at Baylor’s McLane Stadium, a video camera down on the field is pointed at unsuspecting people and their image is thrown up on the giant video screen with the caption “Oblivious Cam.” As everyone else watches, a clock logs the amount of time it takes for the people on screen to look up and see themselves. Continue reading “Oblivious”
For Wilshire Baptist Church
The sign stapled to the telephone pole had a picture of a little white dog and a phone number, and then these words: “Lost: Do Not Chase.”
It seemed like a contradiction at first. If I see the little dog, shouldn’t I snatch it up and call the number? Wouldn’t that be the wise thing to do? Wouldn’t calling the owner and saying, “I have your dog in my arms” be better than saying, “I saw your dog a while ago at the corner of 9th and Avenue E”? Continue reading “Running Wild”
