Friday, March 21, 2014

Did Brian McLaren Walk To Florida?

According to the March 19, 2014 post at the PCUSA.org Food & Faith blog, Brian McLaren participated in a demonstration at a Publix supermarket in Lakeland, Florida.

The purpose of the rally was to intimidate the chain store into joining the Fair Food Program.

That initiative is not the focus of these comments.

Unless that activist theologian has moved to that particular locality, an even more interesting observation is how did Brian McLaren get there?

It is quite a walk from Maryland to Florida.

Even a bicycle ride would be out of the question.

Interestingly, part of McLaren's shtick on the rubber chicken circuit is to denigrate modern conveniences and technology.

In one interview, McLaren denounced the four walled structure necessary to provide shelter as separating man from God's creation.

So apparently while you, mere pew filler, are to feel shamed for having a roof over your head and maybe a car in the driveway, McLaren is so important that the world economy will collapse if he doesn't get to play labor organizer in the mid winter Florida sun.

by Frederick Meekins

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