Holy Flakes [MM]*

On top of a dusty shelf in a small town grocery
Were boxes of some store brand flakes that hadn't sold in years
The manager that transfered in with marketing degrees
Thought he could sell that cereal with his big fresh ideas

He found a picture of the pope and when he got it scanned
Used photoshop to take a spoon and put it in his hand
Then a bubble with a caption of what the pope was trying to say
If you're a Christian act like one and eat your Holy Flakes

Holy Flakes, Holy Flakes,
Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy Flakes

The same old folks came in that week to get their raisin bran
They all felt convicted when they saw the holy man
So they filled their carts up with John Paul instead of stuff they liked
They thought it was their duty as the good God fearing kind

Holy Flakes, Holy Flakes,
Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy Flakes

And the Holy Flakes sold so well
They couldn't keep them on the shelf
So they diversified
Soon there were Sacred Chips,
Virgin Mary Chicken Strips
And Prince of Peace Apple Pie

It doesn't matter if it has no taste cause it's all in the name
Soon they had a one brand town with pantries all the same
It left them with no appetite for stuff that broke the mold
And a faith that was as shallow as the milk left in the bowl of Holy Flakes

- Andy Gullahorn, Room to Breathe (2004)
* [MM] - Music Mondays

Yeah, so I'm attracted to those songs that are a little off-center. It's tongue-in-cheek, but still I think it has a pretty good message. If we are just a bunch of Christian clones then we will fail to not only make an impact, but also fail to grow and progress. Not sure if I've posted on this subject before, but C.S. Lewis writes about resistence thinking as a way of progressing in one of the essays in God In The Dock. The idea is that if we all go the same and do the same thing, then there is no progress being made. But if someone is willing to resist the current trends and traditions and look think outside the box, then it is in that resistence of going along with the crowd that actual progress takes place. They break out of the mold and push the boundaries. I like that idea.

Shawn