Sydney - it boggles the mind
I saw two thought provoking signs in Sydney. The first was outside a church in Leichhardt. Instead of advertising the upcoming sermon, the notice board read:
Return Stolen Bibles Here. No Penalty.
Hmmm. What did that mean? Were people really stealing bibles from the church - and was the church really asking for their return? Isn't the whole point of church to get the Word of God into people's homes? And here people - members of the general public presumably - are taking those very Bibles home, only to have the church ask for them back. Why did people feel the need to steal them in the first place? Can't you just ask your friendly minister for a copy of the Scriptures now days? Or was the sign some sort of clever, ironic joke that I just didn't get? Possibly. It felt more like a notice about overdue library books to me.
The second sign was outside the Marrickville Community Centre, on Addison Road. Among the advertisements for food co-ops, recycling and Sunday markets was a notice about yoga, detailing class times and the like. Underneath this had been painted, in neat letters -
Now is the 2nd best time to start yoga.
The first time I drove past this, I thought it said Nov 2nd is the best time to start yoga. I was prepared to accept that. I don't know why the second of November would be so auspicious, but you know ... maybe that's how it works in the yoga world. But now is the second best time? Of course, the question is - when is the best time? And why don't we all start then?
Return Stolen Bibles Here. No Penalty.
Hmmm. What did that mean? Were people really stealing bibles from the church - and was the church really asking for their return? Isn't the whole point of church to get the Word of God into people's homes? And here people - members of the general public presumably - are taking those very Bibles home, only to have the church ask for them back. Why did people feel the need to steal them in the first place? Can't you just ask your friendly minister for a copy of the Scriptures now days? Or was the sign some sort of clever, ironic joke that I just didn't get? Possibly. It felt more like a notice about overdue library books to me.
The second sign was outside the Marrickville Community Centre, on Addison Road. Among the advertisements for food co-ops, recycling and Sunday markets was a notice about yoga, detailing class times and the like. Underneath this had been painted, in neat letters -
Now is the 2nd best time to start yoga.
The first time I drove past this, I thought it said Nov 2nd is the best time to start yoga. I was prepared to accept that. I don't know why the second of November would be so auspicious, but you know ... maybe that's how it works in the yoga world. But now is the second best time? Of course, the question is - when is the best time? And why don't we all start then?