Wednesday, July 9, 2008

A Holy House Of Mouse?

I recently read an article stating that the president of Disney World in Orlando, FL has a large scale plan to plant churches across the United States. It's refreshing to see a business man doing such things these days. In fact, he's doing it rather quietly, as I had to do a search on Disney on Yahoo! News to find the article. You can read the article by following this link:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-kassab0908jul09,0,6061442.column

What I'm wondering about now is just how long will it take the current media to latch onto this and try to bring Mr. Weiss down. It seems that any time anybody starts some sort of faith-based initiative, they are automatically relegated to the loony bin or investigated for some deep dark secret on most cable news networks. Only certain religious "leaders" are given a pass (Rev. Wright, anyone?) and are seemingly untouchable. Heck, even the Pope has taken a few licks recently, and he's done nothing but repeat the beliefs of the Catholic Church in order to remind the general public as to where we Catholics stand on certain things. The Pope used to be in that small group of religious leaders who couldn't be attacked too harshly. Of course, that was back when Pope John Paul II was around. He was highly popular with Catholics and non-Catholics as well. Our current Pope, Benedict XVI, isn't as vocal or charismatic, yet he's a highly intelligent, faith-grounded person who's a perfect fit for a Church on its heels as of late.

Okay, I got sort of off topic there for a minute about the Pope. What do type of spin do you think our friends at the 24 hour news networks will create in order to bring down the Mouse this time? Good luck, Mr. Weiss, I fully support your church planting plans. I'll be praying for you and those who are helping you. Maybe someday you'll find a well-paying, minimal labor job for a thirtysomething Catholic boy who loves Disney (hint, hint)!

1 comment:

J.D. Scorpio said...

Hello Ken;
I haven’t heard from you in a while. It’s always good to hear from someone in La. How are things going there? I’ve been real busy around the place here and haven’t been as active on my blog as I would like but will get back to it as soon as I can devote some quality time to it……..
Thanks for your visit and comment and I hope you have a great day…… JD