Holy Flakes...

I heard this song at a Chrismas Concert - when Andrew Peterson and friends were on their Behold the Lamb of God Tour. And something clicked in me last week to look for the song... I wanted to post the lyrics here.

on top of a dusty shelf in a small town grocery

boxes of some store brand flakes hadn't sold in years

the manager that transferred in with marketing degrees

thought he could sell that cereal with his big fresh ideas.

he found a picture of the pope and when he got it scanned

used photoshop to take a spoon and put it in his hand

then a bubble with the caption of what the pope was trying to say

"if you're a christian, act like one, and eat your holy flakes!"

holy flakes

holy flakes

holy, holy holy

holy flakes

the same old folks came in that week to get their rasin bran

but they all felt convicted when they saw the holy man

so they filled their carts up with John Paul instead of stuff they liked

they thought it was their duty as the good God-fearing kind.

holy flakes
holy flakes
holy, holy holy
holy flakes

and the holy flakes sold so well, they couldn't keep them on the shelf

so they diversified

soon there were sacred chips, and virgin mary chicken strips

and prince of peace apple pie.

it don't matter if it has no taste, cause it's all in the name

soon they had a one brand town with pantries all the same

it left them with no appetite for stuff that broke the mold

and a faith that was as shallow as the milk left in the bowl of

holy flakes
holy flakes
holy, holy holy
holy flakes

~ Andy Gullahorn

Sad and True. But it really did make me think. Why do we buy crappy versions of stuff b/c of the label. Rob Bell is right. A label that says it's Christian doesn't make it so. And label that says it's Christian also doesn't mean it's better, let alone good.