It's Friday! +++++
Story: Believers sweat at first Christian gym chain. 31-10-2003. ABC News Online The sign over the leg-press machine proclaims: "The weakness of God is stronger than man's strength" and the stock greeting among employees and clients is a simple, "God bless you!" Over the bench press machine are the words: "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." Welcome to Lord's Gym, America's first Christian fitness club chain, where members with "His Pain Your Gain" tee-shirts use running machines, the Lion of Judah a symbol in the background at this south Florida gym. continues http://www.abc.net.au/news/indepth/featureitems/s979203.htm +++ It got me thinking (always dangerous!) What next? (1) A Christian fast food joint? "Manna-burgers" "Christ Cola" "Lamb-of-God Burgers" "Shadrack Shake" "Daniel Donuts" (for those with a lion-sized craving for sugar) etc (2) We already have an investment arm of the UCA, but... Church Bank - Mobile Lenders: "We minister to your loan needs in your own home." - Online Banking: "Transactions at the speed of the Lord's light." - Teller Machines in booths: "Every transaction is between you and God." Over to the invesntive Insights-L crowd. :-) Peter -- Peter R. Ellis ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
