Late Nights, Wise Men.

Last night I sat in the car, riding to Pastor Bacon's house to drop him off. He and Dad were having a very interesting conversation about restaurants, banks, and retailers. For example, Dad was talking about how Wells Fargo, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart are all supporting the family planning and homosexual corporations around the United States. He and Pastor Bacon were coming up with solutions to counteract those institutions.

"The first step," Pastor Bacon noted, "is obvious. To stop providing any financial support to these businesses. The second, is to take advantage of the opportunity for a Christian organization to fill the void."

"Yeah," Dad replied, "And to inform Christians that they have to stop buying from the non-Christian sources. It's too bad that most Christians are so covetous that they would follow their penny pinching pockets to Wal-Mart instead of buying from a family operated Christian business that offers the same products and services."

Pastor Bacon noted the words. Pondered them for a moment, then offered, "We don't think enough like a Covenant Community."

"Come again?"

"Well," Pastor Bacon began to get excited again, "Americans are upset about how we rely on the Arabs for oil, and the Chinese for plastic. Outsourcing upsets the patriotic American, who will gladly pay a penny more for a product 'made in the USA'. He buys Gas at the station that says 'American Owned and Operated'. How come the Patriotic American is more devoted to his Country than a Covenantal Christian is to his God?"

Dad smiled, raised his eyebrows a little, then said, "That there could get people riled, Pastor. I wish it were as simple as it sounded."

"Well, it's not like I'm trying to get people to do anything radical! We're not trying to change the world. Just one family at a time."

I commented from the backseat, "That's right! Like Botkin said, 'We're not trying to change Hollywood from the inside; That would be too hard. Instead, we're going to kill it."

Pastor Bacon and Dad gave a hearty laugh, and Pastor said "That's right, let the lion tamer do what the lion tamer does, I'm gonna shoot that sucker!"

Riding in the backseat doesn't have much of a view, but it sure has the best entertainment value of any position in the car. God Bless the Backseat.

~ John.

P.S. This conversation is not exact, by any means, but it was as close as I could recall.