The Stephen Colbert Report
I love watching his show. His recent interview with scholar/author Bart Ehrman, a Bible critic who says the Bible is full of contradictions and that Jesus is not divine is worth the watch.
The interview shows how to engage the world in your chosen profession when you know your Bible well. I am speaking of Stephen Colbert, one of my favorite talk show hosts.
After you watch the video, read an excerpt from his hilarious book (No. 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List), below. You will be in stitches and will have a hard time putting the book down, I promise.
See how humor, brilliant thinking and excellent writing can bring Christian values to bear in 21st Century Society.Colbert is widely admired for his conservative views and as a believer of Jesus, something uncommon in his industry.
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Colbert writes:
"My earliest memory is from when I was three years old. My mother came into my room ‚ I can still smell the perfume she was wearing, which I assume they don't make anymore, because I've spent a lot of time in department stores looking for it.
She swooped me up and told me that she and my father were leaving me. Then she carried me to the living room to meet Ruth. I was not entirely clear on what a "babysitter- was so I naturally assumed this old woman was going to replace my parents forever.
I may have only been three years old, but I already knew that a family was a mother, a father, the kids and the pets ‚ there was no room in that model for an ancient crone wearing slacks and (in my opinion) too many rings.
The minute my parents left, I ordered my stuff animals to attack. No response. I threw them down the laundry chute and tried my luck with a real animal: our cat, Cleopatra. I carried her to my Emergency Bunker ‚ the linen closet behind the vacuum cleaner. From there we could lead the resistance against the Ruth Regime.
That's when the enemy struck. Ruth was making fish sticks. I held Cleopatra close, but she scratched my face and dashed for the kitchen.
Desperate, I started praying ‚ mostly to God, although its possible a prayer to Santa may have snuck in there. I prayed He would bring my parents home and make our family whole again.
And when I woke up the next morning, not only had God gotten rid of Ruth and brought back my parents, but He had also moved me from the linen closet to my own bed.
Why do I share this memory? Because it perfectly captures the Five F's of childhood: Family, Faith, Furry Friends, and Fear of the Elderly. These are the fundamental relationships that teach us Where We Belong, What Belongs to Us, and Who We Belong to.- (page 3 of "I am America and so are you")
Colbert makes the case for the nuclear family by creatively engaging his readers,brilliant. Stephen Colbert is a staunch Catholic and is a faithful Sunday School teacher.
(WARNING: Colbert's book is strictly R21)
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