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Tattooed for Jesus

 

That’s a pastor from a church in Houston talking about how he’s encouraged members of his congregation to get tattoos to show their love for Jesus. I dunno. I’m skeptical. If you want a tattoo, why not just get one? Why do you have to drag God into it? I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I’m reminded of Hank Hill telling Bobby: “You’re not making Christianity better, you’re making rock and roll worse.”

On the other hand, I think I have a ministry that involves making whisky sours with Meyer lemons and sitting on my front porch in the rocking chair. It makes me feel emergent.

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Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative. He has written and edited for the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, National Review, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Washington Times, and the Baton Rouge Advocate. Rod’s commentary has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, the Weekly Standard, Beliefnet, and Real Simple, among other publications, and he has appeared on NPR, ABC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and the BBC. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his wife Julie and their three children. He has also written four books, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Crunchy Cons, How Dante Can Save Your Life, and The Benedict Option.

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