WWJD: “Deep in the Heart of Texas!”

“I enjoy driving the backroads, savoring the small towns and the occasional cafe where the waitress might still call you “Hon.” In these places, you catch glimpses of the unique, the off-beat, and sometimes, the downright bizarre.

Somewhat in that context, I always pay special attention to the churches I pass along the way: their archetecture (or lack thereof), their sloganeering, and especially their names. The Jesus Christ is the Answer, Inc. Church, painted in large red letters on the church roof is hard to miss, or forget. Somehow I suspect someone didn’t really think this one through….”Hi, I’m with the Jesus Christ is the Answer, Inc. Church and I’d like to tell you that Jesus Christ is the Answer”….it just doesn’t flow. I found the Little Zion Jerusalem Baptist Church, an odd juxtaposition, but then I found the Mother Zion Missionary Baptist Church completely baffling. I am familiar, of course, with the biblical usage of the word “Zion,” but what is meant by “Mother Zion?” I don’t get it.“

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