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#1015. Reacting to the Royal Wedding

May 16, 2011 in Uncategorized with 228 Comments

A lot of bloggers like to write about events as they happen, in the midst of people actually thinking about them and caring about them. Me? I like to wait until they’ve cooled off, until most of the general population has moved away and any degree of momentum has passed. Then I write about the subject. I’m smart like that.

But a few weeks ago, there was a big Royal Wedding. And as I watched Twitter and Facebook and the Christian community in general I felt like there were four ways we reacted to it:

1. The Royal Approach

A number of people used the wedding to highlight that we too are royalty. We are heirs to the throne, we are related to the prince of peace. We are, as Run DMC intoned, “Down with the king.”

2. The OT Bible Approach

When I watched the party and celebration in the streets of London, my very first thought was “David would be in his underwear.” That’s admittedly a weird thought, but that’s where I went. I immediately imagined David stripping down to his under armor and doing the robot in the streets after his victory. Just standing there saying, “Hands go up, and they stay there! All I do is win!”

3. The Jesus Juke Approach

I was seriously concerned that the Jesus Juke machine was going to overheat and explode during the Royal Wedding. The easiest juke was the one you can use anytime anyone anywhere gets excited about something: “I wish people were this excited about church.”

4. The Product Approach

I took a photo of this Bible last week. In case you can’t read what it says, it’s the Prince William of Wales & Miss Catherine Middleton King James Version Bible. Or as I like to say, the “PWOWMCMKJV.” (I call it the “P-WOW” for short.)

I’m not going to lie to you, that last one stings a little. I’ve long been ready for the Stuff Christians Like version of the Bible, but thus far, no one is returning my calls. It would come with a hollowed out spine so you can secretly drink coffee in church and would smell like an old hymn for those moments when you’re missing the old school feel of church. Dare to dream, dare to dream.

Did you watch the Royal Wedding? Did you have a response that was different from the four I saw?