It’s great to me how willing people are to admit that we Christians do some silly things. For instance, I’ve received lots of emails from people saying I should do a post about “holy sounding” email addresses. And when I look at the name of the person that suggested it, it’s usually from someone named “JesusLovesandSavestheWorldBecauseHeisLove.”
And like most of the things on this site, I don’t have a problem with holy sounding email addresses. If you send out 100 emails a day to friends and you want to use that address as a way to remind them of your faith, go for it. I do think there are a few things you should consider however:
1. Sweet Baby Jesus
If your email address in any way incorporates the phrase, “Sweet Baby Jesus” I am going to giggle. I was so happy when the movie, “Talladega Nights” addressed this because me and my friends had joked about that for years. Whenever a minister uses that phrase I lose it.
2. No one opens emails with “demon” in the address.
I joked recently that the band name, Demon Hunter, makes me want to start a band named “Satan Groin Kickers.” And I still might, but if your email address is “demonfighter” or “satansworstnightmare” I will launch a two prong response. Step one is to get a little sweaty, step two is to delete the email without reading it.
3. Keep it short.
If you ever realize that your email address is longer than most verses in the Bible, there’s a problem. Keep it short. “JesusRocks” or “IHeartJesus” work well. “JesusIsTheReasonfortheSeasonofHopeandLoveSoWeBowDowntoHim,” less good.
4. People are watching.
One of my relatives removed the Jesus fish from her car because she was an intense driver. I’d tell you who but I mentioned her specifically in another post and she told me later, “I can’t go to a wedding in France next month because people will know me.” This site is not that big, but it is true that when you declare Christianity people start looking at you. So be careful what you do. I used to be a mailman. (I was a carny for about four hours until I got fired.) And it was always weird to deliver Playboy and the Promise Keepers propaganda to the same dude.
I don’t have a Christian email address. It’s just theacuffs@yahoo.com which I suppose makes it kind of a heathen address. Maybe yours could witness to mine and we could convert it? It will make a digital faith decision and change itself to “theacuffslovesweetbabyjesus.” OK, that’s a little ridiculous.
