is this really a tool
last week i shared that we were spending the week in vbs. this story got picked up by nashville is talking, which i continually become amused by what gets picked up by nit. because of my lack of blog time last week i never noticed that it was put in circulation, so today i was intrigued in reading the various comments (warning: pg-13 language at times). shameful to say i was introduced to a new word and Christian practice of "tracts." now, i knew that people would hand out little pamphlets. i think i got a few when i was last in new orleans for mardi gras. however, i never knew they were a named practice. so when i was looking at this site i was amused to see one of their little banner slogans "equipping Christians with relevant tools."
with this i had to ask.. are these things actually "relevant tools?" me, i'd have to say no.
it's even worse to read some of the stories of people leaving them behind and looking like a large amount of money.. what message does that send? seems like a bait and switch to me, we know you want this but we are going to give you this.
It may be that they aren't a Methodist thing. I had a grandma who gave me tracts as birthday presents.
(I was saved when I was 4, but when I was 8 I was just sure the world would end when I was 10 because my eighth birthday present was a tract that said a comet would destroy Earth in 1980, so I better find Jesus.)
Posted by: Katherine Coble | June 30, 2007 at 06:47 AM