Billy sent me this video last week and I just had to share it with all of you.

It’s a parody of Carrie Underwood’s song, “Before He Cheats”, and although you may not enjoy it as much as I did (since I can relate to it more than most of you can), I still think you’ll get a kick out of it.    

Although the course is definitely the ”star” at Augusta National (aka “The Masters”), there is little doubt that everyone wants to see Tiger Woods at some point.  Here he is with Mark O’Meara.

My three year old, Brody, obviously doesn’t understand golf and certainly doesn’t know any golfers by name, but I told him that I was going to go see Tiger Woods.  

When I came home he remembered that name, but asked, “Dad, did you have fun in the ‘Tiger Woods’?” 

Dad and I went on a little road trip today.  Can you guess from the pictures below where we might have gone?  (If you live in Georgia, you better get this one right!)

I was looking through some old pictures recently and I found the most humiliating picture of myself. 

And even though it is an extremely embarrassing photo, I thought it was too funny not to share, so I thought I’d post it for your enjoyment. 

Now, let me try and set the scene for you.  It was 1987.  It was my family’s first year in Warner Robins.  My coach was Southside member and legendary Warner Robins citizen, Philip Campbell.  Our team was the Pacers. 

It was my first attempt at playing organized basketball, and I quickly fell in love with the sport. 

But what I didn’t fall in love with was this uniform. 

In fact, as I was thinking about this picture, several things stand out to me that makes this the most embarrassing photograph ever.

1. The uniform is purple

2. My brother’s shorts are significantly longer than mine (as a result, this makes me look much goofier than him)

3. I have a terrible haircut

Of course, there are multiple other problems with the picture.  The socks.  The awkward pose with my brother.  A terrible background (it’s got “smelly gym” written all over it!)

Anyway, I know that this technically has nothing to do with our church, but I thought you might need a laugh today.

I don’t know about you, but one of my hobbies is making fun of really cheesy church signs.  I know I probably shouldn’t do it, but I can’t help it. 

It’s sad to me that so many churches are committed to putting up these unbelievably corny phrases on their signs.  All it does is confirm the community’s perception about the church being weird and irrelevant. 

So, it’s with this in mind, that I thought I would share with you some of the worst signs I’ve seen over the years.

• “God is here…where are you?”
• “Jesus should be your steering wheel, not your spare tire.”
• “Avoid truth decay:  brush up on your Bible reading”.
• “Seven days without prayer makes one weak.”
• “Stop, drop, and roll doesn’t work in hell!”
• “Bingo is Gambling.  Gambling is a Sin.  Therefore, Bingo is a Sin.”
• “Baked or Fried? You will be both if you do not have Jesus.” 

Now, let me ask you a question.  Do any of those signs make you want to run into those churches?

Just a thought.

So, if you’re into cheesy, corny, goofy church signs, I want to encourage you to take your ideas to this website instead. Church Sign Generator allows you to create whatever church sign you’d like to.  Really.  If you can dream it, you can put it on a church sign. 

So, if you’ve always dreamed of being the person who got to put those flimsy letters on that ancient church sign, today is your chance.  

Additionally, if you come up with a good thought for a cheesy church sign, I would love for you to send it to me, so I can post it on the blog. 

I hope you have a great weekend, and we’ll see you Sunday!