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From all my lame defeats and oh! much more,
From all the victories that I seemed to score;
From cleverness shot forth on Thy behalf,
At which, while angels weep, the audience laugh;
From all my proofs of Thy divinity
Thou, who wouldst give no sign, deliver me.

— C. S. Lewis

 

 

spirit west coast 2001

Once again swordandspirit blew away all apologetics competition! We were the best! No other booth could stand against the mighty apologetics combo of mark, dan, and jaso. That's because we were the only apologetics booth in the whole durn place, fer cryin' out loud!

Below you can relive some of the strangeness that is Spirit West Coast:

the potpourri of pix

the music

the annual Christendumb Contest
Potpourri of Pix
Dan!
Mark!
Jaso!
when he's trying to tell us he's hungry
Jaso waving (probably at Je... nevermind)
Books on Table before people permanently borrowed them
Jaso re-enacting horse scene from Godfather I
Giveaway at Berean booth. Yes, alas, Christians can be greedy, too.
Our "heretic" chaplain buddy. Nice shirt!
Jaso and Joey exchanging vows... err... thoughts on a variety of theological topics
One of only two or three booths with creative, thoughtful Christian shirts.
The Forsaken 5
Joey, Jaso, & Jeff jabbering
Some dude skateboarding. Not really sure why it's in here.
Jaso and that SWC lady who took good care of us. (BTW, SWC was well-run although we have problems with items for sale...)
The Valley of the Shadow of Debt
WEIRDEST KID THING TO DO

Kids climb up this thing to bounce down a Wave of Fire. Don't get it. What's fire got to do with it? And why are there palm trees. Is it a wave from a volcano? Why doesn't anybody burn? Inquiring minds want to know!
BEST SHIRTS AT SPIRIT WEST COAST

That doesn't sound like a compliment, but it is. After seeing hundreds of shirts (like those below) inundating the place like plague, OneTruth was an oasis of thought and creativity. (Click here to go there.)
SADDEST COMMENTARY

In the back there are a hundred people swarming around the band T-shirt booths. In front is a vacant Compassion booth with pictures laid out on the table of kids, some of whom don't even have shirts at all.

Hmmmm...
The Music (click on thumbnail image to see a bigger one)
Click on the thumbnails to see bigger pix. Did we photoshop some to death to hide the poor resolution of our camera? You betcha! What do you want for nothing?
The Donut Man (I had to, my kids made me, and he's a nice guy. So there!)
Eli
Ginny Owens
Nikki Leonti
Kevin "This is the closest you'll get" Max (or whatever his current last name is)
Mercy Me (Voted Best Male Vocalist AND Most Bald Vocalist!)
Stacie Orrico & Rachel Lampa (combined age = 22)
PAX 217 (yes, the two pictures below that look alike are different)
Plankeye
Ten Shekel Shirt
Third Day

Our Annual Christendumb Award
 Every year at spirit west coast we are amazed at the shear numbers of uninspired Jesus junk items sold there. I mean, it's amaaaaazing. Here is just a sampling. And below are this year's Losers.
Ha ha! Jesus looks like that drug-totin' guy on a box of ZigZag's! Christians MAY get the I AM connection, but no one else will. To them it will be just another smart-alecky Christian shirt. (BTW, it's SATAN'S not SATANS. Another proud moment.)
I do not like this Sam-I-Am. I do not like this Christian sham.
(It doesn't even have a Seuss beat to it, fer cryin' out loud!)		 First drug allusions, now Beer! My goodness, does the fun never stop!?
Not The Grand Loser this year, but winner of Woman at The Well Award. Just don't do this.
Another shirt guaranteed to make Satan all a-scared.
We'd be grateful for Christian shirts that were creative (There are some, really. They are above.) Gee.. another clever Austin Powers reference.
Huh? This IS the weakest link...
We're FedUp with Christian shirts that rip off corporate logos.
OK, we disagree on this one. Dan thinks this is supposed to be Stephen at the stoning. Mark thinks it is Paul being shipwrecked. Jaso believes it is Rahab being saved by faith at the destruction of Jerico.
THIS YEAR'S RUNNER-UP!
The secret is out! Jesus is the Donut Man!
How clever and original, we thought, to take a another corporate logo of something that is extremely popular, christianize it, and then turn it into a shirt! And a DONUT no less!
But this year's Loser is something so totally unexpected and inappropriate, that even the jaded cynics that we are about stupid Christian things, even WE were shocked. Even we - who enjoy reading The Door and visiting Ship of Fools - couldn't believe this got by the spirit west coast censors. Get the kids outta the room!

Mouseover to see this year's recipient of our 2001 Christendumb Award.

 
 

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