Funny but…sad…little video

• June
• 3
• 2008

12:10 pm by: Jason Posted in: Subversive Thought

Pastors can be such idiots.

Ok, so I just got my MDiv diploma in the mail over the weekend which means I went through the whole like official training for a Pastor type.  One of the many things they never mentioned, even in the craptastic Pastoral Counseling course, was not to use your family for Sermon Fodder.

Actually it was quite the opposite.  I heard scores of stories about wives, kids, parents and anyone else remotely related to the teachers.  Most, not all, but most, were their mistakes, screw ups, or inadequacies as human beings.  This trend tends to carry on into the world of Sermons once the average Pastor gets out there.

A long time ago I made a promise to myself and Pam, that I would not use anything her or the kids did as the punch line for a joke at their expense.  I would never portray them in anything but a positive, life giving way.  I refused to be one of those pastors.

Anyways, my friend Marc Scott sent me this video.  I watched it laughing…but not really at the same time.  It’s sad that so many pastors use their wives (and kids for that matter) as a cheap laugh.  However, it isn’t only that though, so how do the wives in the video address the issue?

By using their husbands use of them as the punch line for a cheap laugh.  I mean yeah it’s funny to a degree, but at the same time it’s sad and telling of the state of affairs in the Western Church.  That’s one of the things I’ve always respected about the various pastors over the years that I’ve sat under…they respect their wives and family enough not to degrade them on stage just to make a point.

Perhaps this is the only voice they have in their communities to address a bigger issue.  If so…more sadness amongst the humor.

They also parody a song I don’t know…and it appears to be a country song…beyond that though, check it out and hopefully the whole system that created the need for it will give you pause as you chuckle.  High quality production values though…mildly impressed I am.

Hmmmm….could this have anything to do with Complementarianism?…just kidding…maybe.