So I saw this church sign the other day.
That is all.
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Just kidding! Although the words “church sign” have probably already made you chuckle, groan, or shake your head and go, “Wow,” in your most sarcastic of tones, you still want to know what this sign I saw as I drove home from Wal Mart last Sunday said, don’t you?
“The King moves last.”
Hm.
One can only assume this is meant to be a chess metaphor. One can also assume that whoever came up with this slogan has clearly never played chess.
FYI, slogan-maker and/or whoever chose to post it in front of Trinity Valley Church, in the unlikely chance you are reading this blog:
A - The king typically does not have the last move in a game of chess. In fact, the game ends when the king can’t move. It’s called checkmate.
B - It’s not a great idea to try and communicate God’s power by comparing Him to the weakest piece on a chessboard. God is probably more like the queen, in that there are no restrictions as to what direction and how far he can move, but the analogy pretty much stops there. There’s probably more of a spiritual lesson to be found in the pawns, since they get to become queens if they make it all the way across the board, but you’re better off leaving it off of your sign.
I must thank TVC and its dumb sign for one thing, however. Well — two things.
One, it gave me something to blog about, which is good, as I’m trying to blog more. (It would encourage me if you people would actually comment every once in a while. This is supposed to be interactive! Or am I just not that interesting?)
Two, I have a new place to waste time instead of working n m novel favorite blog: Crummy Church Signs. I Googled “tacky church signs” intending to share a few in this post, found this, and then decided to just link it because it’s funnier to actually see the signs with the very clever commentary. I might just have to take a picture of TVC’s sign tomorrow when I go grocery shopping and submit it to the site.
11/07/2008 at 11:40 am Permalink
Haha, I liked the face of grace one and the seniors class one.
11/07/2008 at 10:13 pm Permalink
Hey–I would say that maybe the comments are few b/c of having to log in, but then, what my reason for my blog comments being few! I pratically beg my family to comment, and they comment once about every couple of months…and that just my parents–my brothers never read my stuff! I would love for them to, but oh well!
I love reading your blog!
11/07/2008 at 10:14 pm Permalink
You know how you re-read something you wrote and there is a blunder—ooops! Ok, so the above should say—”what is my reason for my” ….and “that’s just my parents” boy, do I need to edit my stuff or what?