Everyone gets tired and needs a rest. Everyone has to get out of the rat race and reconnect with the goodness of God's creation. Everyone needs a bit of fun--even your preacher! Trust me, as a preacher I know this. If I don't get some R & R soon, I am going to start a dialog with the voices in my head.
I am sure that I am not the only preacher in need of some "water-and-sand-therapy". With that in mind, let me help you, as a concerned congregant, to validate your preacher's need to hit the beach with the Summer 2006 Edition of the Heavenly Top Ten, which is the:
Top Ten Reasons For Your Preacher to Go To The Beach
- Tell him you've always wanted to hear him preach from the book of Jonah and you know his attention to detail demands a trip to the beach!
- Indicate that you are sure that he leaves a good impression in the sand!
- Remind him that Puritans have a long history of landing on beaches!
- "Who says you can't make a nativity scene out of sand?!"
- Remind him that he can wear sandals--without socks!
- Sell it as a humility-building exercise: any illusion that he is cool or good looking will be stripped away, then quickly covered up again!
- "You know you've been dying to use that new 'John the Baptist' beach towel you got on 'Pastor's Appreciation Day'!"
- Remind him that floating in the baptistry gets one in trouble!
- Simple: You just give him an "Afterlife Guard--Just Ask Me!" tee shirt!
- and the number one reason for your preacher to go to the beach is:
- "What better place to show off the reproduction of the Cistine Chapel tattooed on your back?"
The Heavenly Top Ten is intended to be a fun look at issues of faith and fellowship. It should not be considered a serious treatment of any of the topics presented.