Inspiration?

A funny thing happened on the way to salvation today. I was at the church service, they just finished passing around the begging basket (should I call it tithe time?), the band was playing Higher Love by Steve Winwood, and everyone stands and starts clapping along. Starts clapping 2 minutes into the song. Do you know how long that 80's classic is? We're talkin in excess of 6 minutes of synthesizer goodness. Well, I just sit knowing these people have just foolishly committed themselves to over 4 minutes of clappin, because you can't back out of a church clap. You clap to support the singer who sings in praise of Jesus, ergo, you clap for Jesus, and you can't quit on god. Anyways, these poor folk suffered through the clapping demands, you could see the exhaustion in there battle worn faces, and it made me laugh.

On a side note, Higher Love was featured in Always Sunny in Philadelphia this week, which made me wonder if that inspired todays choice. A church that gets its cues from Always Sunny? Questionable inspiration indeed!