The smell of chocolate was in the air as Western New York’s most desperately religious headed out to the Broadway Market in Buffalo, New York. It just so happens to be quite a tradition (especially among the Polish Catholic Community of Buffalo) to take a stroll down to the Broadway market to purchase pussy willows and chunks of butter in the shape of a lamb on Good Friday and the Saturday before Easter. (Just a side thought: funny how the masses gather in the cold to get a butter lamb, but have absolutely no interest in the True Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world! And they call me crazy!)
Anyhow, a couple of us gathered to hand out tracts (some did some preaching) and we were able to hand out a guestimated total of 1,200 tracts between the two days. I say questimated because I only managed to make the Saturday event and 600 was the number of that day. Friday was busier so the total is likely higher. But numbers are not the issue of this blog.
The Broadway Market (for those of you who do not know) is on Broadway on the streets of Buffalo. It is a street like any other street…well, accept for the condition of the area, which is less than to be desired…to put it kindly. Somehow, security decided to puff out its chest and ask those who were situated on the sidewalk just outside of the doors of the Market to move to the street corners or the other side of the street. It seems that they did not know our Constitutional Rights to be there.
Today proved to me (yet again) that people just do not want the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You see, “the Christians” were not allowed in the front of the building, but street musicians collecting change were not asked to leave. There was a guitar player and a sax player. Each played “bunny” jingles to warm the hearts of the helplessly, hopelessly, religious lost. There was even a man dressed in an Easter Bunny costume waving at the eager pussy willow purchasers.
So let’s get this right:
The Easter Bunny: Welcomed.
Street Musicians: Welcomed.
Drunks: Welcomed.
Pussy Willow Purchasers: Welcomed.
Jesus Christ and his disciples: HIT THE ROAD, JACK!
Looks like we’ll have to do some work for next year. We’ll have to make sure that we have researched the laws of the land and bring a copy of such laws the next time we come. This way, the security guards (who were not even police officers…I think) will have to think twice about giving Christians the boot.
We’ll just keep on keepin’ on. ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!
Grace & Peace be unto you all.
Anyhow, a couple of us gathered to hand out tracts (some did some preaching) and we were able to hand out a guestimated total of 1,200 tracts between the two days. I say questimated because I only managed to make the Saturday event and 600 was the number of that day. Friday was busier so the total is likely higher. But numbers are not the issue of this blog.
The Broadway Market (for those of you who do not know) is on Broadway on the streets of Buffalo. It is a street like any other street…well, accept for the condition of the area, which is less than to be desired…to put it kindly. Somehow, security decided to puff out its chest and ask those who were situated on the sidewalk just outside of the doors of the Market to move to the street corners or the other side of the street. It seems that they did not know our Constitutional Rights to be there.
Today proved to me (yet again) that people just do not want the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You see, “the Christians” were not allowed in the front of the building, but street musicians collecting change were not asked to leave. There was a guitar player and a sax player. Each played “bunny” jingles to warm the hearts of the helplessly, hopelessly, religious lost. There was even a man dressed in an Easter Bunny costume waving at the eager pussy willow purchasers.
So let’s get this right:
The Easter Bunny: Welcomed.
Street Musicians: Welcomed.
Drunks: Welcomed.
Pussy Willow Purchasers: Welcomed.
Jesus Christ and his disciples: HIT THE ROAD, JACK!
Looks like we’ll have to do some work for next year. We’ll have to make sure that we have researched the laws of the land and bring a copy of such laws the next time we come. This way, the security guards (who were not even police officers…I think) will have to think twice about giving Christians the boot.
We’ll just keep on keepin’ on. ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!
Grace & Peace be unto you all.
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