07.23.08 Worship Leader Conference Sets Man On Fire
Worship Leader Magazine‘s National Worship Leader Conference set worship leaders on fire this week in Austin, Texas. God is thought partly to blame.
The first incident (picture above) occurred Tuesday afternoon when an unidentified worship pastor from somewhere other than Texas attempted to walk across the parking lot of Riverbend Church at approximately 3PM. He burst into flames seconds after setting foot on the black asphalt. Conference organizers were quick to express sympathy and to point out that covered walkways and metrosexual-friendly army green “Fidel Castro style” caps were made available to conference goers and none of the victims took advantage of these provisions.
“It’s just literally as hot as hell here,” conference speaker and renowned songwriter Paul Baloche told police. “If you go outside you’re real real dumb."*
Julie Reid, COO of Worship Leader Magazine, said she and other conference organizers plan to use the comparative temperatures of Austin and hell to their spiritual advantage at the conference’s closing session. “We’ve decided to have a special alter call at the end this year instead of singing something by Chris Tomlin again. Stuff like this gets people’s attention you know? We expect a lot of pastors to get saved."**
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*Paul Baloche did not say this. He does not say “hell,” nor does he think or say anyone is dumb. He is a worship leader.
**Julie Reid did not say this stuff either. No pastors will actually be saved at the National Worship Leader Conference.
portorikan said:
good stuff.
Adam Haynes said:
yeah, i thought i saw someone run across campus all lit up. must of been this guy. but hey, this is what we get when we pray for cooler weather...a hurricane....
Fred McKinnon said:
Shaun,
I could’ve sworn I saw that guy burning up again today. Seriously, though - awesome time today in your Advanced Blogging class. It was well worth the time, and as I expected, was valuable, well presented, and “spot on”. Thanks also for being so Christ-like to trust a guy like me and loan me your adapter ... I’ll do whatever it takes to get it back to ya!
Thanks, man!
Fred
David said:
Ah, the Spiritual Gift of Sarcasm. Aren’t the freedoms of being an indie artist grand?
Russ said:
I actually read this during one part of your presentation this afternoon, and cracked up silently (didn’t want to be distracting or rude) when I read this!
It is indeed hot here in Austin!
Enjoyed the class. I’m a casual blogger, maybe 2 or 3 blogs per week, and your presentation was very informative.
Much appreciated.
Russ
Rachel said:
Nicely done! I feel like that every day when I walk to my car. It’s about as hot (maybe hotter?) in Oklahoma right now too...and humidity is not my friend. Blegh.
Thank the Lord for swimming pools. =)
Stacey said:
Great post!
Way to work in so many keywords: Paul Baloche, National Worship Leader Conference, Chris Tomlin, Julie Reid.
I linked to you which totally won’t help your page rank, but will give you another authority point! (See how much I learned in your class? You must be truly a gifted teacher.)
said:
hey, we had fire insurance.