The Bulletin Bored Contest was a lot of fun. I'd like to do something like that again, so for July we're going to hold the first annual "Jesus Tattoo-apalooza."Here's how you play:
1. Email me a photo of your tattoo or a friend's tattoo by Sunday, July 19th. (theacuffs@yahoo.com) The tattoo can be a full back of Jesus or a small little cross. Doesn't matter.
2. A panel of expert God tattoo judges will vote on the ten best. (Judges to be announced soon)
3. I will post them to the site and you can vote for your favorite. I will let you define the word "favorite." I thought about making this a "holiest" tattoo contest but instead decided to just make it an "awesomest tattoo" contest.
4. Update - You can enter as many times as you like, some people have lots of tats.
Here's what you'll win:
Two of the very first Stuff Christians Like t-shirts. (One for you and one for your lady or man friend.) These aren't for sale yet so you will be the first person on the planet with one.
I think it will be a blast. The only thing I will say is please don't google and find tattoos. My hope is that enough folks out there have one of their own or have a friend with one.
Let me know if you have any questions.
p.s. I picked this tat, which is not mine, as an example because it has a castle, a moon skull and a Bible verse. Kind of the trifecta in my opinion.)
p.p.s. Carlos of Ragamuffinsoul is not eligible but will be asked to be a judge.
ps3. This has to be have been done before, but I still think it will be delightful.
Aww man... I am still designing my Jesus tattoo.
ReplyDeleteOh well... maybe next time.
Can't wait...it's going to be awesome!
ReplyDeleteLike I said in my Facebook reply, I love this idea and wish I had a tattoo to submit!!! Rock on!
ReplyDeletehey jon,
ReplyDeletei am a recent fan of the blog, and I absolutely love it. I was hoping eventually you could do an entire post on why it is everyone feels the need to give up their boyfriend or girlfriend after an alter call or retreat. I work with a youth group in Athens, Ga (I am a UGA student) and this is a phenomenon that has never failed to date. I would love to hear your thoughts.
Also I would love to get the first few chapters of your book, and I will be emailing you soon. Thanks for the hilarity.
- IHG love lavished sitting at the foot of the throne looking up God's nostrils,
rachel
awesome! i don't know if mine will qualify, but i might try sending it anyway :)
ReplyDeletehere's a question...
ReplyDeletecan we enter more than once?
or do I have to pick my favorite
(Read: Most holy) of my Jesus tattoos?
Would you believe that during my ordination council, I was actually asked if I had a tattoo? Apparently, some feel that Leviticus 19:18 was intended for today's preachers and not just Old Testament. Who knew? I didn't and answered, "No, but I always wanted to get a Superman logo tattoo." My sponsoring pastor quickly added, "He's joking." uh yeah
ReplyDeleteCan we submit an orginial that is still just a drawing?
ReplyDeleteWow, from Facebook to the site in a matter of hours. Thumbs up for efficiency.
ReplyDeleteI am sans tattoos, but excited to see what is submitted.
to Dave: I think I'm just going to combine all my tats into one picture... I mean how could I pick which one was better/holier? And I'm assuming here that as long as it has ties to scripture etc. that it will qualify?
ReplyDeletehey john, love the site, and i read it everyday to start the day off with something positive, relevant, and of course, hysterical.
ReplyDeletewanted to extend the offer of printing your very first shirts (or second batch, etc.) i'm sure you have connections where you're from, but on the off chance you don't, you now have some in colorado.
dan@labse7en.com is my email, and you can hit me up whenever, if you ever need design, formatting for tees, printing, etc. i hope you don't take this as advertising, i'm more interested in being part of what you do, and the wonderful ministry that you have.
have a lovely day, and keep writing, my positive workday depends on it!
dan.
i am thinking of getting a huge tat just so i can get the first t-shirt!
ReplyDeleteI won't be entering but I'll be on the lookout for Jesus tattoos! they must be out there!
ReplyDelete(wait..my bro has a ton...I'll ask him!)
WONDERING if you have a little bet with someone (yourself?) to see if you can use the word "delightful" in every post for a week?
I've been wanting a tattoo but my husband says our kids will all just want one. (get one while your kids are young as they will just want to go with you and get one too later) Now I really need one - to be a cooler and obviously more effective worship leader and to enter this contest. dang.
ReplyDeletealso note the tiny cross windows in the castle-- bet that cost extra. Can't wait to see the entries. Maybe someone could get the whole Heaven bulletin doodle thing tattooed on themselves.
ReplyDeleteCan you put the pictures up as you receive them? Instead of just the finalists at the end...I'd love to see all of them!!
ReplyDeleteif someone gets a tatoo of a couple of angry bears mauling some rowdy, bad-mannered teens, does that one win hands down?
ReplyDeleteRachel N-
ReplyDeleteThere is a post about breaking up after retreats. Its pretty hilarious. Just type something like that in the search.
Go Bulldogs!
As I said on the Facebook discussion:
ReplyDeleteLev. 19:28b.
Sorry, Jon, as much as I like SCL, this is something I'm going to pass on.
To add to it though: A tattoo in Hebrew is like giving Jews the religious middle finger. If you're going to get a tattoo, at the very least don't get a Star of David or a Dreidel or a Menorah or any other Jewish symbol or anything in Hebrew.
Can I just say that I love you and your blog.
ReplyDeleteIt makes my days brighter.
Keep up the good work sir
I support you with all my heart
I know you don't want to turn this into a tattoo war (and for the record I do not have one--nor will I ever), but in response to the guy saying tatoos are off limits in Leviticus...so are A LOT of other things we do...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.inksling.com/tattoos_and_religion.htm
My tattoo is on it's way.
ReplyDeleteAgree with Michael L about his comments about this comp and the idea of tats.
ReplyDeleteTats are wrong if you read your scriptures and they are not cool and they do not make you a more effective Christian and its sad to see people having no standards.
michael l
ReplyDeleteHave you ever looked into the origion of tattoos? I mean no disrespect, but the forbidden tattoos are not the same thing as modern tattoos. The forbidden tattoos were made by cutting oneself and rubbing ash into the wound. Some believe that this law was more about self mutilation and excessive grieving than about self decoration. Certainly, some others disagree with that assessment.
For me, I've always tried to imagine what a tattoo would look like on me at 80. No tattoo could look cool on wrinkled and droopy skin.
Michael, Lev 19:27 dude. I live under grace, not the law. Just sayin.
ReplyDeleteI emailed mine to you. This is fun!
ReplyDeleteHeidi Reed
Michael L,
ReplyDeleteChristians are under no obligation to that verse, Jews are. I hope your not trying to put that verse to Christians. What do you do with the previous verse?
You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.
(Leviticus 19:27)
PWNED! ;)
Holy Pumpkin SCL man. This contest reminds me of the fall pumpkin carving contest at our church from several years back. I carved an amazing Celtic Cross into a rather small pumpkin for the witch's holiday. My friends called foul, but they were just jealous that their "Frankenstein" did not win. The gift certificate rocked. My win embarked threats of there being no way for me to win the next year. Discussions ranged from the carving of the Ten Commandments or Michaelangelo's The Last Supper into the orange orbs. I still cherish my "God's cool" win. This rivalry ended the pumpkin carving contest which was likely for the best since there is zero way for a Jack o' lantern to be made 'holy.'
ReplyDelete"Tats are wrong if you read your scriptures and they are not cool and they do not make you a more effective Christian and its sad to see people having no standards."
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that tattoo's were the deal-breaker on standards. a little harsh there, ya think?
I mean, if we're going by Levitical law here, then the fact that I eat pork and shrimp should have killed my standards a long, long time ago.
Does the skull in the sky refer to verse 5 of Psalm 91, "You will not fear the terror of the night." (NIV cuz I'm not all that spiritual) Is there any better image of terror of the night than the skull in the moon? I mean the castle could be the fortress mentioned. Either way, it's a sweet looking tattoo.
ReplyDeletestacy & katdish...
ReplyDeletelet's get tats that say "not a billboard"
you know where they'll go.
sorry jon, no photos will be submitted :)
Eastern KY Pastor, Daphne and St. Brianstine:
ReplyDeleteI don't want to discuss this in the comments on SCL, and I think Jon would like it if we didn't too.
Therefore, I posted about tattoos on my blog [http://michaellueck.com/blog]. Please drop by and we can talk about it. Iron sharpening iron and all. Would love to hear from you guys more.
it's going to be really amazing if, in the spirit of the bulletin bored contest, we actually see some SCL-inspired tattoos. oh wait, that's probably never gonna happen. darn. would be incredible to learn that people plunked down their dollars to become emblazoned with SCL lore for the rest of their lives. wow.
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