Rainey Blogs on Some Days

To the tune of Purple Rain by Prince I never meant to cause you any sorrow I never meant to cause you any pain I only wanted to one time see you eating I only wanted to see you eating a big Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe I only wanted to see you with a big old Sloppy Joe I never wanted to be your weekend sandwich I wanted you each day with some kind of fries Baby I could never choose to eat another It's such a shame my cholesterol had to rise Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe I only wanted to see you eating a big Sloppy Joe Honey I know, I know, I know times are changing It's time we all reach out for something new That means you too You say you’re thinking vegan But you can't seem to make up your mind I think you better close it And let me guide you to a Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe Sloppy Joe If you know what I'm singing about up here C'mon...

This is a satire piece that I wrote to express my feelings toward many of the songs we sing in church today: they are long, but short on lyrical content. Similar to what I remember about disco. During the 1970s, many people were saved out of disco to become Christian believers. Few would have thought that people could ever be saved into disco. Times have changed, though, and no Christian worship industry executive, pastor or theologian could have predicted the meteoric rise of a new type of worship music churches are currently using throughout the U.S.: Disco Worship. Disco Worship Fast Approaching Pop Worship in Popularity According to spokesperson Sergio Vandermaas of CRLI (Christian Royalties and Licensing Incorporated), the company that tracks worship song popularity and pays royalties to artists, CRLI has added several Disco Worship songs to their top song playlist and may even add a new Disco Worship category to their other category—Pop Worship—for tracking song usage. “Over t...

With the success of American Idol on Fox Television, the network decided to try to reach the more conservative Heartland population with its new “American Idol Preacher's Edition.” The show pits preachers from around the country against each other in a competition for who will be America's next “idol” preacher. Although producers of the new show considered using “experts” in evaluating preaching, they finally decided that anyone could evaluate preaching and decided to stick with their popular trio of judges from their prime time American Idol program: Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell. In early rounds of the competition, the three judges seemed tentative with their remarks and dismissed some preachers rather arbitrarily. By the time the competition reached the finals, though, they were back to giving their usual insightful, reflective feedback that quality of the preachers’ performances. Here are a few excerpts of the comments of Jackson, Abdul, and Cowell during a r...