Well packaged post

The other day, I met with a representative from Lifeway (which I learned is the Baptist supplier?? so I guess no one but Baptist people are allowed to shop there whatever that means) to hear about their new stuff in case I was interested in any of the kiddie stuff. The guy was late. Which is ok with me because I was a little late too and, if you know me, you know I can't bust on anyone for being late. But he was late and when he did come he had orange hair, well I guess you'd call it red or strawberry blonde but it looked orange to me. And he had on a yellow Lifeway polo shirt. I think a polo shirt is a collared shirt so in case it isn't really that, that's what it is in this story. Rod, my boss and I sat down with Keith (that was his name) to talk "Baptist business." It is weird because Keith's mouth and the way he smiled looked a lot like Keith Frye's mouth, not a bad thing, just it looked like it and both of them are named Keith so I took note. I didn't like the meeting. I felt like being mean to Keith because he kept using phrases like, "well-packaged piece." As in, "oh the Fundamentals set is a nice, well-packaged piece." and things like ,"yeah, well, you know Tommy Hanes is a real small group guru." A small group guru? What is that? I took notes of all the phrases he said that weirded me out on the pad I brought to make notes of good kiddie materials on. I started wondering if anyone in church ever just looked at the Bible and drew something from it and then told it to their friends and called it teaching or if everyone needed to buy 9-week, 5-step, age-coded, well-packaged pieces written by small group gurus to feel successful. That day I felt anti-church and anti-organizations and anti-business.