post christmas, pre new year's thoughts (written post-new yearsly, of course)

On the Tuesday after Christmas, I made my way over to Park City Mall in Lancaster, PA in search of a new winter cap (which was never to be found), nevertheless, some thoughts:

1. Is it a more grievous sin to shop at American Eagle and spend $52 on two flannel shirts or to buy something from the "Christian" bookseller across the parking lot which features titles by guys named Osteen and Hagee which are borderline, if not outright heresy? (Not to mention the two aisles of mind porn they sell to young Christian girls under the guise of Christian Romance; mind you, this would be the equivalent of selling Naughty Girls of the Bible swimsuit-style calendars to 13 year old boys).
   
2. Tweens give me anxiety. High School teachers have my utmost respect.
   
3. I love seeing Mennonites at the mall.
   
4. Mall parking lots are constructed with the intent to confuse.
5. How telling is it that I went to the Christian bookseller with the intent to purchase a commentary on Jeremiah and the only Old Testament commentaries they had were on Genesis, Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah and Daniel. This says alot about evangelical theology -- they love to argue creation/evolution (Genesis), talk about the end times (Isaiah/Daniel) and the Psalms/Proverbs are the easiest OT books to actually read. Sad.