Friday, November 6, 2009

No Political Subtext Intended

When I was a kid, I used to watch this show called "Gospel Bill." I don't know why, and I don't remember very much about it, but I know that I loooooved this show. There was a cowboy, I know that. Gospel Bill was a cowboy, I think, and interacted with other cowboys, and a good bet would be that the show included some sort of Bible-based teaching woven into a country western theme. I am pretty sure that I could identify Gospel Bill in a line up if I saw him today. But that's it, really.

I'm just telling you this so when I say that today, when I opened up my email and saw the day's headlines and one of them said "Health Care Bill," you will understand the sudden image that popped into my head of a doctor wearing a cowboy hat and spurs on his boots. And although I have been in the States for two months now, and have been listening to the seemingly eeeeeeeendless and ugly debate raging about health care, it still took me a few minutes before I actually realized that Health Care Bill is not a new children's show about a cowboy doctor.

But wouldn't it be awesome if it was?

1 comment:

Neil Kingsley said...

Gospel Bill is my Pastor! He is Willie George, and he is the pastor of Church on the Move, in Tulsa, OK. visit the website for sermon streams: www.churchonthemove.com

You can also purchase a DVD set of some of the original Gospel Bill shows.