Tuesday, April 25, 2006

A NEW STYLE OF CAMPUS EVANGELISM


Tomorrow I drive 300 miles straight north to Sault Ste. Marie, MI to pick up Son #2 from Lake Superior State University. His finals end tomorrow and he’s anxious to get home.

Just before finals week they have a traditional celebration on campus up there. It’s the Best Man on Campus contest and it’s sponsored by the Greek sororities. Each fraternity enters a guy in the contest and the sorority girls vote on the Best Man.

Son #2 isn’t in a Greek. However, he is very active in Anchor House, the Christian house owned and operated by the Navigators just off campus. So one day he asked who they were entering in the BMOC contest and was told that Anchor House had never participated in it. That didn’t seem like a good answer so Son #2 asked if they would enter him in it. This they did.

The contest required the guys to walk a runway in a tuxedo, demonstrate a talent (ad lib harmonica), answer an interview question, (the answer is ALWAYS “World peace.”) and then walk the runway again in boxer shorts.

I wish I could have seen the faces of the Greek guys when they announced that the girls chose as the winner the representative of the Christian organization on campus, Anchor House! I’m just so dang proud, I had to tell you!

He clearly takes after his mom!

5 Comments:

Blogger Yakimaniac said...

I'm glad you clarified the boxers or briefs question. The YB of the SC would have been very jealous if your son had won in white Fruit of the Loom.™ He still wears the crown!

Congrats to Son #2! The women of LSSU have great taste!

11:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In keeping with the YB of the Yakimaniacs prediction of a post prompting a "one upmanship of memories" by way of the comment section...here goes mine: I shared the title of Best Dressed Male at WC back in 1977...with Jim Bowan.

I must give all the credit to Earl Mooney and his mens' clothing stores along with The Frog House t-shirt emporium of Newport Beach.

I have treasured this award my entire life as I'm sure Son #2 will as well.

11:44 AM  
Blogger Smoking Christian said...

I'm sorry to say I didn't get quite the same reaction when I walked around the Westmont campus in my boxer shorts. Perhaps I should have washed them after the diarrhea attack? (Darn those Mickey’s Big Mouths!)

Still, I congratulate your son and you should be proud!

(My parents had to go into hiding.)

12:43 PM  
Blogger Yakimaniac said...

Thanks for the expanded profile. We, of course, will never divulge our true identities online or even admit that we participate in this foolishness.

The Yaks

5:51 PM  
Blogger Shiloh Guy said...

I'm commenting on my own blog now because I don't want to feel left out either.

Perhaps you noticed that I removed the expanded profile? The first time I saw it it scared the crap out of me and I took it off. But I was rather impressed with my ever-expanding computer skills to get it on and off the blogsite!

You'll also notice that I have run out of things to write about. I figured out that I am way over my head with all you guys. I decided to write about spiritual stuff for awhile but I couldn't think of anything to say there either without losing what friends I have!

11:21 PM  

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