Okay, so we have this book in our bathroom here at the Real Life Boise offices.  I laughed out loud today while reading the book, not the best time or location considering there were people working in the offiice today.  Anyhow, I wanted to share part of my comedic therapy with you.  The book is called "A Field Guide to Evangelicals and their Habitats".  Kind of a no holds barred look at the church.  Here is what is written about pastors and their beloved sermons.

"The sermon is the high point of the pastor's job and determines the emotional health for the week to come.  He wants to entertain, enlighten, and convict his audience.  To this end, he may use clever methods to make his sermon more effective:
        POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
    when a pastor acts like Bill Gates at a shareholder meeting, with PowerPoint slides popping up to accompany each of his points, it probably means his true calling is to middle management.
        ACROSTICS
    Pastors somtimes thing people are too flaky to remember the sermon points unless the first letter of each point spells out a word, creating a helpful acrostic, like so:
L-et other know how you feel about them
O-wn up to your feelings
V-olunteer to give hugs not drugs
E-arn people's love in return
    OR
U-nderstand your calling
S-ay yes to God
U-se the abilities he gave you
C-all on him during hard times
K-eep going!
        GREEK AND HEBREW OVERLOAD
    Some pastors justify their seminary education and whopping student loans by endlessly defining Bible words in the original Greek and Hebrew.  This often mystifies listeners, who know the Bible was originally written in King James English.
        MOVIE CLIPS
    Pastors desperate to be "relevant" use movie clips as jumping-off points for their sermons.  If a pastor does this, there is a high probability he also wears a goatee and sports the latest hip look in glasses.