Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Sign outside Safety Beach Sailing Club, Mornington Peninsula
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Rockin Chair Writers prompt #5
A ~ Tell us what's really on your mind
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Over the past week, inappropriate language has really struck a chord with me. No, it's not swearing or anything like that. It is language that acts as a cue (intentionally or not) for rather alternative, misleading, confronting, dubious, inappropriate? ideas. I'll start with the one that could be unintentional, and then point out the one that verges on cruelty.
1. Liquid Church is a new face on the Mornington Peninsula (I have now been informed it has no connection with the U.S. same-titled version begun in 2001). When I first saw this sign on the roadside, I immediately thought it must be a new way of celebrating "Happy Hour" round the bar by the sea, drinking a few "liquid ambers" or two. After all, there is a bar in the nearby Safety Beach Sailing Club where the group meets. After my pic hunting walk, as soon as I arrived home, I Googled Liquid Church. Of course, all was revealed. But I still believe that the sign sends mixed messages. I am sure I am not the only one who "translates" it this way! The sign badly needs some succinct motto under the logo to ensure it doesn't inspire some tacky jokes!
2. The word BOMB sends shivers down the spines of most of us. So who would write this word on some traveller's luggage?
From The Courier Mail, A LARGE bag with "BOMB" written across it passed through Qantas check-in and security screening for oversized luggage at Brisbane domestic airport yesterday, the Transport Workers Union said.
While most reports berate the slack screening at Brisbane airport and the poor security profile Australia presents to the world as a result of this incident, no one seems to be be reporting what kind of person would do this and for what purpose? This brazen act, flinging a challenge to authorities, could be funny if the implications were not so serious!
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Safety Beach Sailing Club, viewed from the top of the new, "arty" road tunnel
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In liquid landscapes
Wild free spirits free flying
Long for some air space
Parachuting bombs away
What a bomb of an idea
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4 comments:
Liquid Church: Living Water for a Thirsty World.
And yes, we do offer water! Both metaphorically and literally. (And coffee for our morning crowd)
By way of disambiguation: currently the Liquid Church on the Mornington Peninsula is not affiliated with Liquid Church in Morristown, NJ, and Melbourne.
Just thought I'd let you know.
From one blogger to another! ~Nate
liquid church is clearly a new brand name for God - it even has its own logo... (gross)
None taken! Yeah, Liquid Church in Melbourne is associated with us; Liquid Church in your post isn't. Odd, isn't it. I'm a bit confused about that. But I'm over 11,000 miles away, so I have no clue what goes on over there.
Oh, not to get argumentative or anything (really, I just want to point something out), we're not the only church with a logo. Check out http://www.lifechurch.tv/
And our goal isn't to present a new brand name for God. Our goal is to present God to a world that's trying to brand him.
Why not leave a Gods choice to the people...does it need to be on the internet waiting to snag the innocent with grand flourish or on a banner with words that disturb the view of my universe as I perceive it...one would have to ask the Aboriginal or the Native American...is their God so different from yours...one has to wonder if there isn't some sort of monetary value here.
sharon
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