Chris Short did the chapel talk at school 2 weeks ago. Here are a couple soundbites of his talk:
“I like the baby Jesus best” – when talking about how we tend to mold Jesus into who we want Him to be. We often ignore who Jesus really is and make Him into the Jesus that fits what we want and what we do.
“I won’t eat a 1% poop brownie and neither will God” – he was talking about that if someone offered us brownies that only had 1% poop, would we eat it? He connected it to the fact that it doesn’t matter if we only have 1% sin in us, God cannot tolerate sin.
“Hammy the radical hamster” – talking about his hamster Hammy that would always escape and head for the fireplace. He had a one track mind. Plus he would crawl along the baseboard and take the long way even though if he cut across and take a straight shot across the room. He connected this to when we have a one track mind, though something may be better for us, we tend to try to take our own way.
The response from the kids was really great. It was probably the most attentive the kids have been in Chapel for a long time.
…plus it made me say out loud whether or not I was thinking it…I refuse to eat a 1% brownie.
